Three persons have been injured in explosive waste disposal incident at Asaman in the Okere District of the Eastern Region.
The victims were blasters who were disposing of the explosive items.
The incident which occurred on Sunday April 25, 2021 at about 11:55 am also affected dozens of buildings in Asaman and another community, Okwenya, which falls under the Yilo Krobo Municipality.
Starr News Eastern Regional Correspondent Kojo Ansah visited the communities and observed cracks in buildings and damage to the ceiling and other electronic appliances.
The explosive incident caused trauma among residents in the two communities. At Asaman, residents run from their rooms to converge on the roadside of the community for safety.
Church services were disrupted by the earth tremor caused by the explosion incident.
Two octagenarian couples narrated to Starr News that “we were in our room when all of a sudden we saw the building shaking after a deafening blast. So my wife even wanted to come but the tremor was so severe that she fell down. They have been blasting rocks here with minor tremor but yesterday’s one was horrifying. It was unprecedented”
Report says the incident occurred at Asaman Quarry Explosive Magazine site which is about 2km close to the Asaman community.
