Bogoso explosion: CEO supports victims with relief items
Currently, numerous persons are forced to share a room due to lack of shelter after buildings were raised down following an explosion at Bogoso.
Boakyewaa Lawrencia 
The Chief Executive Officer of Engineering and planners, Mr. Ibrahim Mahama, has on 24 January 2022, donated 5000 bags of rice, 5000 tins of mackerel, and 1000 gallons of oil to victims who were affected by the Apietie dynamite explosion.
The donated items are to ease the hardship on victims. He has however pleaded to the general public to assist the victim on all rounds.
Currently, numerous persons are forced to share a room due to lack of shelter after buildings were raised down following an explosion at Bogoso.
Some of the victims have pleaded for support in terms of food and shelter in recent engagements.
Background:
The blast left a huge crater and reduced dozens of buildings to dust-covered piles of wood and metal in Apiate, near the city of Bogoso some 300 kilometers (180 miles) west of the mineral-rich West African country's capital Accra.
Footage showed locals rushing towards a raging fire and rising plumes of black smoke to inspect the damage, while rescue workers waded through the rubble for survivors caught in the devastation.
"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 overnight.
The minister said initial signs point to "an accident involving a truck transporting explosive materials for a mining company, a motorcycle and a third vehicle" which took place near an electrical transformer.
Out of 59 people injured, 42 are receiving treatment in hospitals or health centers, and "some are in critical condition", Nkrumah added.
Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo called it a "truly sad, unfortunate and tragic incident".
The government said those in critical condition would be moved to hospitals in Accra and police asked surrounding villages to open their schools and churches to accommodate any additional casualties.
A team of police and army explosion experts were deployed to "avoid a second explosion" and put in place security measures after the blast, the government said in a press release.
Yaw Opoku
