Tantra Hills fire kills mother and two children

A mother and her two children have died from smoke inhalation following a fire that torched the wooden structure in which they were sleeping at Tantra Hill in Accra, in the early hours of today.
According to an official statement issued by the Ghana National Fire Service, its officers rescued one person who had been sent to the Anigya Hospital for treatment.
The statement signed by the Head of Public Relations of the Service, Ellis Robinson Okoe, indicated that the Ghana National Fire Service received a distress call in the early hours of today reporting a fire outbreak at Tantra Hill. Personnel from the Amasaman Fire Station, which is the nearest station to the fire scene, were immediately dispatched.
On arrival, it was observed that the fire had engulfed three wooden structures used as dwelling places.
Realising that the victims were trapped, the firefighters immediately effected their rescue. One of them was sent to Anigya Hospital for treatment.
Sadly, at the end of the mission, three people comprising a mother and her two children, were found dead as a result of inhalation of smoke.
The cause of fire, is said to be under investigation.