Ghana explosion kills more than dozen, destroys 500 buildings

Nearby towns have been asked to open up public spaces including classrooms and churches to survivors.

At least 17 people have been killed and nearly 60 injured in an explosion that devastated part of a town in western Ghana after a truck carrying explosives collided with a motorcycle. "A total of 17 people have unfortunately been confirmed dead, and 59 injured people have been rescued," Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said in a statement released on Thursday. The explosion occurred in Apiate between the towns of Bogoso and Bawdie when a motorcycle went under a truck carrying explosives owned by a company called Maxam that was on route to the Chirano gold mine, run by Toronto-based Kinross.

Francis Abeiku Yankah, the coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organization for Prestea Huni-Valley district, reported the complete devastation of the Apiate community. At least 10 people died and 500 buildings were destroyed after a vehicle carrying mining explosives collided with a motorcycle and caused a huge explosion in a village near Bogoso, Ghana

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