A/R: 17 Year Old Boy Burnt To Death In Fire At Asafo

A 17 year old boy has died after fire swept through over thirty 30 makeshift structures at at Asafo in the Kumasi metropolis, displacing over 70 persons living in a slum near the COCOBOD and the firefighters say the cause of the outbreak is still unknown. The victims of the fire say they are trying to come to terms with the reality of what happened and some persons who have been displaced

too said they lost properties worth thousands of Ghana cedis in the blaze and also want government to come to their aid. I secured a loan to furnish this place but all my belongings have been completely destroyed. We need the government’s intervention. One of my siblings was staying in my structure and he had his mattress and the luggage inside. I secured a loan facility, and I’ve spent

around four thousand five hundred cedis 4500 on the structure too and i am being evicted [from my current apartment], so I was planning to move in tomorrow with my three children. Now as I speak, I don’t know what to do, Nyamekye Ayine, one of the victims lamented. The fire started around 2 pm and i was almost here when I heard of the incident. I was told someone was using a

gas cylinder at the time. What is very sad about this is that, a 17 year old boy and a small child with him were together locked inside a room and got burnt. We were unable to save them. The 17 year old boy was a driver’s mate. I am also a driver’s mate. This is indeed a sad situation for us. The foam company located here has been here for a very long time, Nana Yaw, another victim

lamented. The KMA divisional fire officer, DO1, Rashid Nisawu indicated that the fire started around 2 pm on Sunday. He said from their initial investigations, one person died while over 30 makeshift structures were destroyed. Meanwhile, the body of the deceased has been conveyed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching hospital morgue.