Death toll tops 150 in gas station fire, floods

The number of people killed in a devastating gasoline station fire and heavy flooding in Ghana's capital, Accra, has exceeded 150, the country's Red Cross disaster management coordinator, Francis Oben, said on Friday.

"As of yesterday we have recovered more than 150 corpses. Sixty people have been taken to the hospital," Oben said.

The fire broke out at a gasoline filling station in Accra late on Wednesday, as people sought shelter from heavy rains that caused widespread flooding.