Petrol station fire in Ghana kills 175 people

Graphic footage broadcast on Ghanaian television shows corpses being loaded onto pickup truck

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A massive fire at a petrol station in Ghana's capital, Accra, has left 175 people dead and many more injured, officials say.

The fire occurred on Wednesday night following two days of heavy rain that flooded city streets and left many residents without power. The petrol station exploded when floodwaters swept stored oil towards a fire in a nearby house, according to a fire official. Many of the dead had been sheltering from downpours at the petrol station.

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