By Nicholas Osei-Wusu
A 36-year-old Police Officer, Sergeant Asante Baafi Owusu, with the Anti-Robbery Squad of the Ashanti Regional Police, his wife, Millicent Abena Achaa, and their four-month-old baby boy, Samuel Baafi Nyamedo, have been burnt to death in a domestic fire outbreak at Apromase in the Ejisu Municipality of Ashanti Region.
The incident occurred while the family was asleep on Monday, January 16, 2023.
The late Sgt. Owusu and his extended family lived in one of five apartments in a two-story building for Police Personnel.
Eyewitnesses say the incident occurred around midnight when flames were detected from Sgt. Owusu’s apartment on the top floor of the building.
Confirming the incident to Correspondent Nicholas Osei-Wusu in Kumasi, the Public Relations Officer of the Ashanti Regional Command of the Ghana National Fire Service, DO III Peter Addai, said by the time the fire engines arrived at the scene, the fire was still raging and that the occupants of the apartment could not be saved.
According to DO III Addai, two fire tenders were commandeered from nearby fire stations before it could be completely doused.
”The bodies of the three persons have been handed over to the Police for investigations while the Fire Service is conducting its side of investigation to ascertain the cause of the fire,” sources indicate.
DO III Addai used the opportunity to advise members of the public to take precautionary measures in their homes to protect themselves, their families, and their property against wildfires, especially during the harmattan.