Fatal fire
Seventy killed in blaze
Accra — More than 70 people were killed in a fire at a petrol station in Ghana’s capital, Accra, as they sought shelter from heavy rains that caused widespread flooding, emergency services said on June 4.
The fire broke out at the filling station in the Kwame Nkrumah Circle area of the city late on the night of June 3 and is thought to have spread from a nearby residence.
Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama described the loss of life as catastrophic and almost unprecedented, as he toured the scene of the disaster on the morning of June 4. — AFP