{"id":1916,"date":"2017-10-13T13:11:14","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T13:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/gh\/?p=1916"},"modified":"2017-10-13T13:20:11","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T13:20:11","slug":"1916-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/1916-2\/","title":{"rendered":"We Run To Save Our Lives &#8211; Mina Lawani Recounts Her Ordeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Makeup artist and CEO of Minalyn Touch Makeover, Mina Lawani recounts her experience during the gas explosion on the Atomic-Madina stretch.<\/p>\n<p>She stated that she was with Ghanaian actors Ingrid Alabi and Peter Richie when the first of the explosions happened. She said they nearly became victims to the fire.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Adam The Eve\u2019 actors were returning from Koforidua. They had gone there to secure arrangements for the \u00a0premiere of \u2018Adam The Eve\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>She said on their way back to Accra, they had to run and save their lives after they heard and saw people screaming and running helter-skelter to save theirs.<\/p>\n<p>Mina Lawani made these statements to Zionfelix. She said they had to park their car and take off due to the heat. She said the heat generated by the explosion was crazy.<\/p>\n<p>She added that several other drivers parked their cars and sought shelter elsewhere. She stated that in her quest for safety she slipped and fell.<\/p>\n<p>Mina and Ingrid Alabi, producer of \u2018Adam The Eve\u2019 movie incurred minor injuries while running away from the scene to save their lives.<\/p>\n<p>The gas explosion at Atomic Junction in Accra has so far claimed at least seven lives and injured more than 132 people, according to official estimation.<\/p>\n<p>More than 20 vehicles and other properties were also consumed by the raging fire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Makeup artist and CEO of Minalyn Touch Makeover, Mina Lawani recounts her experience during the gas explosion on the Atomic-Madina stretch. She stated that she was with Ghanaian actors Ingrid Alabi and Peter Richie when the first of the explosions happened. She said they nearly became victims to the fire. 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