Huge Explosion in Ghana Mining Region Kills Residents, Fells Buildings

Huge Explosion in Ghana Mining Region Kills Residents, Fells Buildings
Ghana's Western Region is shown in red. Google maps/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
Reuters
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ACCRA—An explosion in Ghana’s rural Western Region on Thursday razed hundreds of buildings and killed an unknown number of residents when a truck carrying explosives to a gold mine collided with a motorcycle.

Unverified videos posted on local media showed a large, smouldering blast site in which buildings had been reduced to piles of wood, brick and twisted metal.