A/R: Family Of 4 Burnt To Death After Fire Outbreak At Manso Aponapon

Four family members including a pregnant mother have all been burnt to death in a fire outbreak at the Manso Aponapon in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region. The victims who died in the fire have also been identified as 48 year old Kofi Owusu, his pregnant wife, 32 year old Esther Kwabena, and his two children, nine

year old Sarah Owusu and five year old Kwadwo Awuah. The fire which also started at about 11pm on Saturday spread through an eight bedroom house in which the family then resided. Four other tenants who were in the building but managed to escape are injured and are all currently on admission at the hospital. The immediate

cause of the fire is also not yet known as fire and police officers in the area are still carrying out investigations. Amasie South District Director of the National Disaster Management Organization, Mr. Edward Odoru Nsiah also confirmed the incident to the media. I had the call about the domestic fire outbreak at midnight. So I called

the fire service also to intervene. What we witnessed at the scene was that there were eight 8 people in there when the house was burning. Fortunately, four of them were able to escape and the rest Husband, wife and two children] all got burnt to death. The wife we are told was pregnant. Meanwhile, the bodies of the deceased have been deposited at the St. Martins Hospital morgue at Agroyesum.