It is also gathered that 15 persons, who inhaled the poisonous gas from
the explosion, are on admission at the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital.
The explosion occurred during illegal mining activity in the region, which resulted
in the death of the miners.
Initial reports had put the death toll at 13 and 15, but the Ghanaian Times confirms
on Friday that the death toll has risen to 16.
The Regional Security Council (REGSEC), who visited the mining community on
Thursday, was informed by the hospital authority that three persons
were brought to the hospital dead, while 13 others died at the hospital.
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The Medical Superintendent, Dr. Patrick Atobrah, told the deputy Upper East
Regional Council, Mr. Frank Adongo Fuseini, that most of the people died for
lack of oxygen.
Meanwhile, the Ghana Minerals Commission has asked Shaanxi Mining Ghana
Limited to temporarily suspend its operations at its Gbane mining site immediately.
But the company has disassociated itself from the explosion, saying it had
nothing to do with it.