{"id":3527,"date":"2017-10-08T08:01:56","date_gmt":"2017-10-08T05:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/somalionlinemedia.com\/?p=3527"},"modified":"2017-10-08T08:01:56","modified_gmt":"2017-10-08T05:01:56","slug":"ghanas-capital-rocked-by-huge-gas-blasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/faafitv.com\/?p=3527","title":{"rendered":"Ghana&#8217;s capital rocked by huge gas blasts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-41541001\">BBC\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\" style=\"border: 0px; color: #404040; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.375; margin: 28px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">Huge explosions have rocked a natural gas station in Ghana&#8217;s capital Accra, killing at least one person.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; color: #404040; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.375; margin: 23px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">The blasts sent a giant fireball into the sky and forced residents to flee the Atomic Junction area, in the north-east of the city, officials say.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; color: #404040; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">The incident happened about 19:30 GMT on Saturday. Reports suggest a tanker delivering natural gas caught fire.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; color: #404040; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">One person was confirmed killed, but there are fears that the death toll could rise further.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; color: #404040; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">The blaze in the suburb of Legon was later brought under control, reports say.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; color: #404040; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">In June 2015, about 150 died in a fire at a petrol station in the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC\u00a0 Huge explosions have rocked a natural gas station in Ghana&#8217;s capital Accra, killing at least one person. The blasts sent a giant fireball into the sky and forced residents to flee the Atomic Junction area, in the north-east of the city, officials say. The incident happened about 19:30 GMT on Saturday. 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