- Following an explosion at Joyea Construction at Spintex along the Accra-Tema road on Friday afternoon, two people are dead and five others are being treated at a hospital.
- According to information, DOIII Ebenezer Yenzu, the Tema Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service, stated that they received a call following the event at approximately 2:20 pm.
We received a distress call over a blast at Joyea Construction and had to respond immediately. We then dispatched the personnel at the fire station around Kasapreko to the scene. Joyea is into construction works, roofing sheets, trusses and other things. We have gathered that one of the oxyacetylene gas tanks used as part of metal fabrication ruptured. Oxyacetylene is obtained by combining acetylene gas and oxygen, and it is used for welding and cutting of metal,
- According to him, there was no fire generated in the explosion but said the fire team would be finding out the exact cause of the explosion as several factors could play out.
- A number of possibilities could lead to the oxyacetylene tank rupturing. It could be due to leakage from the tank, the nozzle, whether the concentration level was too high, positioning of the tank, exposure to heat and other factors. Our investigations will look at all these,” DOIII Yenzu noted.
- He believes finding the exact cause will help avert a recurrence in future.
- Following an explosion at Joyea Construction at Spintex along the Accra-Tema road on Friday afternoon, two people are dead and five others are being treated at a hospital.
- According to information, DOIII Ebenezer Yenzu, the Tema Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service, stated that they received a call following the event at approximately 2:20 pm.
We received a distress call over a blast at Joyea Construction and had to respond immediately. We then dispatched the personnel at the fire station around Kasapreko to the scene. Joyea is into construction works, roofing sheets, trusses and other things. We have gathered that one of the oxyacetylene gas tanks used as part of metal fabrication ruptured. Oxyacetylene is obtained by combining acetylene gas and oxygen, and it is used for welding and cutting of metal,
- According to him, there was no fire generated in the explosion but said the fire team would be finding out the exact cause of the explosion as several factors could play out.
- A number of possibilities could lead to the oxyacetylene tank rupturing. It could be due to leakage from the tank, the nozzle, whether the concentration level was too high, positioning of the tank, exposure to heat and other factors. Our investigations will look at all these,” DOIII Yenzu noted.
- He believes finding the exact cause will help avert a recurrence in future.
