ACCRA FLOOD: 80 CONFIRMED DEAD IN GOIL FILLING STATION FIRE.

Over eighty dead bodies have
been retrieved at the Goil Filling
Station that caught fire during
Wednesday's torrential rains.
Starr News' Asabea Akornor who is at
the scene reports that the police are
still counting and bringing out the
victims from their respective homes
around the scene of the outbreak.
The inferno followed hours of heavy
downpour in the capital that led to
power outages in several
communities.
Accra is flooded following torrential
rains that continued for several hours.
Hundreds of workers in the capital
have been left stranded at their work
places as the heavy downpour
submerges the city.
Most of the principal streets in Accra
are flooded and unmotorable as
commercial and private vehicles are
trapped in the deluge which is above
knee level.
Most of the drivers have parked their
vehicles on the inner and outer
pavements to prevent their vehicles
from being carried away by the flood.
Tables, chairs and broken stalls of
sellers could be seen floating on the
submerged streets, especially on the
Ring Road and Nkrumah Circle.
Reports reaching FEST BLOG
indicate that walls have collapsed at
flood-prone areas like Awoshie, Santa
Maria, Kwashiebu and Tabora and
their surrounding areas and residents
are struggling to evacuate their
homes for safety.