A domestic fire outbreak has claimed the lives of two children at Buokrom Estate in Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital.
Ama Blessing, a 12-year-old girl, and a two-month-old baby boy are among the deceased.
Three more people were seriously injured while receiving treatment at Kumasi’s Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH).
The fire, according to the Ghana National Fire Service started around 2:00 am Friday, December 24, 2021, from one of the rooms and spread to other rooms.
Reports say the timely intervention of the firefighters to the scene managed to put the fire under control from spreading to their valuable properties.
A self-contained apartment which houses the two deceased and and three other houses were burnt in the inferno.
The Public Relations Officer of the Ashanti Regional Fire Service, DOIII Peter Osei Addai , said investigations have commenced into the fire.
Source: Ghana/starrfm.com.gh/103.5/Isaac Bediako
