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General News of Thursday,
October 04, 2007

K’si Gas Explosion: Owner, Two Others Die

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Three persons, including the
owner of the Engas Filling Station at Asokwa in Kumasi, who sustained
between 70 and 90 per cent burns during the explosion at the filling
station have died at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital

Three
persons, including the owner of the Engas Filling Station at Asokwa in
Kumasi, who sustained between 70 and 90 per cent burns during the
explosion at the filling station have died at the Komfo Anokye Teaching
Hospital (KATH).

A source at KATH which confirmed this in an
interview named the dead as Patience Owusu Barnieh, 33, the owner of the
station; Innocent Addo, 27, and Kwaku Agyei, 30, both workers of the
filling station.

Patience died on Monday, while Innocent and Agyei
gave up the ghost on Saturday and Sunday respectively.
The source said
four others currently on admission at the hospital were, however, in
stable condition.

When the Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr E.A.
Owusu-Ansah, visited the victims at the Burns Intensive Care Unit a day
after the incident, doctors said the deceased persons were in critical but
stable condition but unfortunately they could not survive the ordeal and
passed away.

According to the source, those on admission would need
plastic surgery to correct the deformities resulting from the
burns.

However, this must be preceded by curing the injuries
sustained, without which plastic surgery would not be
successful.

Meanwhile, the regional minister has said the various
bodies tasked to investigate the incident have presented their reports to
him.

They include the police, the Fire Service, the Architectural
and Engineering Services Limited and other security agencies.

Mr
Owusu-Ansah told the Daily Graphic that he was only waiting for estimates
from the quantity surveyors to enable him to present the various reports
to the Regional Security Council (REGSEC) for discussions before the final
report would be submitted to the government for further
action.

Story by Kwame Asare Boadu,

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