KUMASI: One Dead, 10 Rooms Burnt Down At Kronom
A 65-year-old man has allegedly been burnt to death at Kyerease, a suburb of Kronom in the Suame Municipal of the Ashanti Region after fire gutted a compound house.
Ten out of the 15 rooms of the compound house were burnt down completely during the fire .
The fire, according to an eye witness, started on Monday evening around 4 PM.
The main cause of the fire outbreak is yet to be identified by the Ghana National Fire Service.
“I came home to give my mom some money to cook food around 4 PM.. When I was leaving the house, I smelled that something was burning, so I turned around and saw one of the rooms in flames and I shouted for help. The rooms in the compound house were 15 but 10 are burnt beyond recognition,”she said.
The charred body of Kwadwo Asare was later found in one of the gutted rooms.
His body has since been deposited at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital morgue.
“The man was bedridden and couldn’t escape during the blaze” an eyewitness revealed.