Police have started investigations into a mine blast which occurred at Gbane in the Talensi district in the Upper East region that killed six people.
The miners are said to have died after inhaling toxic fumes from a blast while underground last Thursday as a result of the blast. One person is said to be in a critical condition at the hospital.
They are believed to have been working illegally in a pit that belongs to a mining concession that works with a Chinese, Shanxii mining company providing technical services.
Joy News Upper East correspondent, Albert Sore, said the locals are pointing fingers at the Chinese firm for carrying out the blast without warning to the miners who died.
They insist the fumes that killed the miners came from the Chinese concession.
According to the reporter, the police are interested in finding out the circumstance under which the blast occurred and have invited the Chinese company that provides technical services for questioning.
The police have started meeting all the parties who may have been involved for more information about the incident.
This tragedy comes three months after some miners died at a mine in the same town.
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