The Municipal Chief Executive for Prestea – Huni Valley and Chairman of the Appiatse Disaster Relief Committee, Mr. Isaac Dasmani have said, a burial service would be held for persons who lost their lives in the Appiatse Explosion.
In an interview with the media, Mr Dasmani said 9 out of 13 persons who lost their lives in the explosion would be laid to rest on Friday, March 11. The bodies would be laid in state at dawn and between the hours of 9 and 10 , and would all be buried after a church service.
He mentioned that , an amount of GH¢ 6,000 would be presented by to each of the bereaved families by the Appiaste Disaster Relief Committee to facilitate the burial.
According to Mr. Isaac Dasmani, the committee met with the relations of the bereaved families and agreed on the conduct of the funeral, adding that, four people requested to bury their relations in their home towns of which they would be provided with the necessary logistics.
Mr. Dasmani gave the bereaved families the assurance that they would continue to work together and ensure that they give those who lost their lives a befitting burial.
The sad incident occurred on Thursday, January 20, 2022 when a truck belonging to Maxam Ghana Limited, which was transporting mining explosives from Tarkwa to Chirano Gold Mines Limited in the Western North Region got involved in an accident at Appiatse on the Bogoso to Bawdie Highways.
This led to an explosion, which leveled the entire community and displaced the people of the town. 14 people were killed in the process while several others sustained various degrees of injury.
