Family of seven burnt to death at Gomoa Buduburam
A headmaster, Robert Assan Donkor, his wife and five children, including a four-month-old baby, have been burnt to death on Saturday after fire gutted their building at Gomoa Buduburam in the Central Region.
Eyewitnesses told Asaase News that they heard the family screaming for help but the neighbours could not rescue them because of the nature of the building and how severe the fire was.
The officer in charge of operations at the Gomoa Buduburam station of the GNFS, ADO II Patrick Bawa, said that preliminary investigations revealed that the fire started from the living room before spreading to other rooms in the apartment, reports state-owned Daily Graphic.
He noted that the occupants had locked entrance to the building at the time of the incident which made it impossible for good Samaritans who rushed to the scene to save them, saying “it appears the occupants after seeing the fire tried to come out but the thick smoke made it difficult for them”.
He advised Ghanaians to have smoke detectors in their houses so that in situations like fire outbreaks, the detector would raise the alarm for occupants to know that there is a fire outbreak.
Many residents and sympathisers who rushed to the scene of the incident could not hold back their tears as they wept uncontrollably due to the tragic death of the headteacher and his immediate family members.
Items such as personal effects, stationery, and food items were not spared as they were burnt beyond recognition, the report added.
