The life of a health worker and her three children, aged between 7 and 14, has been cut short in a tragic incident.
Linda Agyemang, a nurse at Kumasi South Hospital, and her children went to bed on Friday, February 7, full of life, but it was to be their last night on earth.
The family of four could not survive an inferno that gutted their three-bedroom apartment around 3:30 a.m. on Saturday at Gyinyase in the Asokwa Municipality of the Ashanti Region.
Not even their cries for help could lead to a timely rescue.
“My wife woke me up around 3:30 a.m. to inform me about the fire. I rushed to the scene and heard the children screaming for help. While attempting to break the door, I heard a loud explosion from the kitchen area. I suspect it may have been a gas cylinder. Another person joined me in trying to break the window to rescue the children, but our attempt was unsuccessful,” recounted a co-tenant, Owusu George.
Firefighters say they received the distress call around 4:30 a.m., and by the time they arrived at the scene—10 minutes later—the fire had already consumed the four victims.
The unfortunate incident has left family and friends devastated.
Over one hundred fire outbreaks have been recorded in the Ashanti Region between January 1 and February 7, 2025, leaving at least six dead.
The charred bodies of the deceased have since been conveyed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital morgue, awaiting autopsy.
The Ghana National Fire Service is investigating to establish the main cause of the fire.
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