Graphic Photos: Over 70 Burnt To Death & Many Missing As Fuel Explodes In Gas Station In Ghana

Over 78 persons seeking refuge from the flood at Goil gas station lost their lives after it went up in flames in Accra, Ghana yesterday. A spokesman for the Ghana fire service, Billy Anaglate, said the emergency services had recovered dozens of bodies from the scene at a Goil filling station on the busy Kwame Nkrumah Circle north of the city centre.

"We are still trying to salvage the site of the accident before we can come out with an accurate figure. Flooding caused the diesel and petrol to flow away from the gas station, and fire from a nearby house led to the explosion, killing  all the people taking refuge there."

Al Jazeera correspondent, Boateng also said that, “This is a very busy area of Accra. Lots of people, lots of car traffic, and because of the heavy rains people gathered at this gas station to seek shelter and this explosion happened,” he said, stating reasons why many where trapped in the fire.