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May
A fifteen-year-old boy who is among some sixteen persons injured in a premix fuel explosion at Ngyiresia, a community in the Sekondi Takoradi metropolis of the Western Region has died on May 19. The deceased is among 13 victims who were sent to the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital. The other three are at the Saint Benedict Hospital, Inchaban. According to the traditional leader of Ngyiresia, Nana Doko Agyeman III, the incident happened at about 4:00pm on Saturday, May 18, 2024, when some fishermen were transporting premix fuel in gallons to their canoes along the beach. The blaze also affected two…