Ghana blast leaves survivors with cuts and questions


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  • Sunday, 23 Jan 2022

Nancy Nyarko, 51, sits at a shelter for displaced survivors after receiving medical attention for wounds suffered when a vehicle carrying mining explosives detonated along a road in Apiate near Bogoso, Ghana, January 22, 2022. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko

APIATE, Ghana (Reuters) - Nancy Nyarko was preparing porridge at her roadside stall near the edge of the village of Apiate in Ghana's western mining region when she heard a loud noise close by.

Looking up, she saw a motorbike had collided with a large truck and caught fire, Nyarko said, her right hand and left leg wrapped in bandages.

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