Ejisu Municipality: One Person Dead After Gas-Cylinder Explosion At Achiase-Amoam

One person has been confirmed dead after a gas cylinder exploded at Achiase-Amoam in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti Region.

 

 

Four others are in critical condition and receiving treatment at the Intensive Care Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.

 

 

A 4-year-old victim identified as Shamsiyya Yahaya passed on whilst receiving treatment at KATH, Thursday morning.

She was a student of Darrul Salam Islamic Basic School

 

 

 

The incident happened at about 4 pm on Monday when a tenant attempted to fix her leaking gas cylinder and in the process triggered an explosion.

 

 

The four other victims are; 11-year-old Firdaus Yahaya, 4-year-old Malika Yahaya, and their mother, Hafsat Yahaya, and a child of another tenant, 5-year-old Zakari Rabiu.

The deceased has since been buried according to Islamic rites.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source: 3news.com