A/R: Fire Burns 11 Year Old Girl To Death At Meduma

A fire outbreak at a residence in Meduma in the Kwabre East Municipality of Ashanti Region has burnt to death 11 year old girl. The teenager also identified as Tunteya Salmu was then trapped in the six-bedroom house. The unfortunate incident also occurred on Tuesday, April 5, 2022. According to the spokesperson of the Ghana

National Fire Service in the region, DO III Peter Addai, firefighters arrived on the scene at a time the fire was at a fully developed stage. Although firefighters would eventually manage to douse the fire, the teenage girl, unfortunately, could not make it out alive. We also had a distress call at about the 1 pm that there was a fire at

Meduma 80, near the Komfo Anokye Senior High School. We swiftly responded to the call and when we got there, the fire had engulfed the entire house and it was at its fully developed stage. We managed to put it under control and finally extinguished it, He confirmed, An 11 year old girl lost her life as a result of the fire. The

body of the deceased has since been handed over to the Mampongteng District Police Command with investigations ongoing to ascertain the cause of the fire outbreak.