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Breaking: Tema Oil Refinery On Fire!!! One Feared Dead

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10 years ago

April 30, 2014

Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) has exploded causing a
wildfire to break out around the Cocoa Processing
Factory.
The pipeline has fuel from the harbour to TOR.
The fire is also said to have razed nearby shops around
Rana Motors and the whole area has been engulfed by a thick dark plume making its way into the sky.
According to an eye witness account, the incident started when an electrical pole fell on a fuel pipeline around Rana Motors which immediately sparked fire.
One person has been reported dead. The deceased who is yet to be identified was running away when an electric pole reportedly fell on him.
Godwin Damali, a fire personnel confirmed the death.
Though personnel from the Ghana National Fire
Service are making frantic efforts to put out the fire,
report by Peace FM’s Joe De Graft Aikins indicate
that they are fighting a losing battle and are being forced to ensure the ravaging fire does not cause any major devastation.