Two more gas explosion victims die

 
The death toll in the Kwahu-Fodoa gas explosion has risen to eight. Two more victims died at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi yesterday.

That brings the number of deaths from the gas explosion in the farming community to eight.

The deceased were among the 13 people who sustained various degrees of injury from the explosion and were referred to the Burns Unit of KATH last Wednesday.

Victims identified
The deceased have been identified as Basharu Mohammed, three; Ismail Mohammed, six; Abdul Aziz Mohammed, 16, and Jamal Mohammed, four, all siblings.

Others were named as six-month-old Yussif Zakaria, whose body was burnt beyond recognition; Ramatu Hassan, Sahada Zakaria, four, and Salou Zakari.

Their bodies have been deposited at the KATH and the Holy Family Hospital in Nkawkaw.

Six others are on admission at the Holy Family Hospital, including a 25-year-old student of the All Nations University College in Koforidua, Hayford Adjei.

Responding to treatment
A medical officer at the Holy Family Hospital, Dr Kwame Hector, said the victims were responding to treatment.

Seven others are also reported to be receiving attention at the Burns Unit of the KATH.

The victims were among 28 people who suffered burns resulting from a gas explosion that sparked fireballs and a plume of black smoke that forced people out of their homes at Kwahu Fodoa.