An eighteen-year-old graduate of Mfantsiman Girls Senior High School and her eight-year-old sister burned to death in a fire outbreak that engulfed their house at Berlin-Top, a suburb of Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo Region.<\/p>\n
The fire incident which occurred around 11:30 pm Wednesday, razed down the entire five-bedroom self-contained apartment that was home to 18-year-old Priscilla Oppong Yeboah and her Esther Dakera.<\/p>\n
However, their father, Samuel Oppong Yeboah, Sunyani West District Director of Veterinary Services Department and their mother escaped unhurt.<\/p>\n
The bodies of the girls have been retrieved and deposited at the regional hospital in Sunyani.<\/p>\n
The Brong-Ahafo Regional Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), Assistant Divisional Officer II, Henrietta Budu, has confirmed the tragedy to Daily Guide.<\/p>\n
The PRO said initial investigations conducted by the Fire Service into the incident established that the fire started from the kitchen of the 5-bedroom house.<\/p>\n
Fire fighters say they saw what appeared to be a leaking gas cylinder that had a stone placed on it to support the regulator.<\/p>\n
They suspect that the leaking gas cylinder may have exploded after it caught fire.<\/p>\n
The two girls are said to have died out of suffocation by the thick smoke from the burning house.<\/p>\n
The Brong-Ahafo Regional Public Relations Officer of the GNFS advised the general public to keep the fire emergency number — 192 — in mind or on their mobile phones so that they could call for swift assistance in times of emergency.<\/p>\n
She said residents delayed in calling the Fire Service, as the number, 190, was dialled instead of 192, for swift rescue services from the GNFS.<\/p>\n
The Member of Parliament for Sunyani West, Ignatius Baffour Awuah, yesterday visited the area to ascertain the extent of havoc caused by the blaze and consoled the affected family.<\/p>\n
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Source: Daily Guide<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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