A police officer with the Anti-Robbery Unit of the Ashanti Regional Police Command has been killed after a fire outbreak.
The police officer and family met their untimely death after fire gutted his residence at Apromase in the Ashanti Region. Sergeant Owusu Asante Baafi and his wife, Yaa Achiaa and their three-month-old baby were burnt to death.
The cause of their death is unknown because investigations are still pending. Personnel of the Ghana Fire Service are at the scene investigating the cost of the fire.
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An eyewitness gave an account of what he saw. He said. I heard some noise and stepped out of my room,” a next-door neighbour told 3news.com.
I then saw thick smoke bellowing from the room of the deceased and spreading to my room. I quickly woke up my two boys and rushed them downstairs. Some of the men who came out tried their best to break in and rescue the officer and his family but they couldn’t because of the steel door and burglar proof window. Within minutes, the fire spread to all the 5 apartments at the last floor.
Bodies of the deceased have been deposited at the Living Waters hospital morgue at Ejisu Krapa. The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, is on his way to the Ashanti Region to commiserate with the bereaved families.
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