Accra: Five people were killed and dozens injured following an explosion and fire at a gas station in Ghana's capital Accra, the police and fire service said yesterday.
"The situation is very serious," regional police commander Yoosa Bonga tsaid of Thursday night's incident.
"We can't immediately say what caused the fire but we took several people to the 37 Military Hospital for treatment but unfortunately five people are dead."
A spokesman for the Ghana Fire Service, Billy Anaglatey, said "four bodies were retrieved from the streets and one on the premises of the gas station".
He said some of the victims were passers-by, adding that the fire also damaged a nearby school building.
