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At least 13 miners died after an explosion in the mining concession of the Chinese company Shaanzi Mining Ltd in the Upper East region.
The medical director of the Upper East Regional Hospital where the deceased's bodies were deposited confirmed the deaths at Joy News on Wednesday.
The tragedy occurred Wednesday at dawn as workers in the Talensi district-based company blew up explosives in an attempt to extract them.
Witnesses say that powerful clouds of smoke have strangled them.
Dr. Patrick Atobrah said that three juveniles found to be illegal had been brought dead. Four others died later during a treatment.
But in the last hour, five more died.
Photo:Shaanzi Mining Ltd
One survivor told Joy News that he had been warned of an impending explosion in one of the company's wells, but had ignored it.
He told Albert Sore, regional news correspondent for Joy News in Upper East East, that an army of illegal miners was convinced that the blast would be minor, just like the previous ones.
The survivor has set their number at around 500. The reporter said he saw the thirteenth miner being taken to the morgue during the last hour.
The company warned illegal miners to stay out of their compound to prevent more deaths and injuries.
The company's safety standards and working conditions have been called into question. The company was ordered to suspend operations in May 2017.
Chronology of deaths at the mining company Shaanzi.
October 2018: An underground cleaner dies after a machine has broken his chest in a mining pit.
April 2017: Seven illegal miners die after being trapped by smoke
January 2016: An employee of the company dies after being buried under a pile of gold ore.
April 2015: Two miners die and eight others seriously injured by a toxic gaseous explosive.
April 2, 2014: Two miners were allegedly gbaded to death and seriously injured.
October 2014: Three miners lost their lives when a mine shaft collapsed on them.
May 26, 2013: Three illegal artisbad miners perish in a tunnel as a result of an explosion.
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