Takoradi: Gas Cylinder Explosion Kills Mother, Father, Daughter & Grandchild

A household of 4 has been killed in a hearth outbreak that engulfed a rented house at Effia within the Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipality of the Western Area n Tuesday.

Three different tenants of the identical house sustained numerous levels of harm and have been admitted to the hospital, receiving remedy.

Eyewitnesses inform the host of Omanbapa morning present on Join FM, Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson, that the fireplace began round 4:30 pm on Tuesday, February 1, 2021.

They have been nevertheless unclear what may need brought about it.

In response to the owner, he woke as much as shouts and screams of tenants crying for assist.

He shortly rushed to the scene and realized billows of smoke popping out from one of many rooms.

“I used to be in my room after I heard the noise of an exploded fuel cylinder. I got here out and noticed smoke throughout, different tenants got here round and we tried to rescue those that have been trapped within the rooms. We have been in a position to avoid wasting of them by means of the window however one girl and her daughter have been nonetheless of their room. We couldn’t save them on time,” he mentioned.

Personnel from the Ghana Nationwide Hearth Service was later referred to as to the scene to save lots of the scenario.

Some eyewitnesses indicated that the personnel arrived on the scene late after a number of calls have been positioned.

“When the fireplace began, we referred to as the [Ghana National] Hearth Service however nobody was responding. They arrived on the scene late. We tried our greatest to save lots of a lady who was mendacity in one of many rooms however all efforts proved unsuccessful,” Irene Abban, a watch witness, indicated.

The Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipal Director for the Nationwide Catastrophe Administration Group (NADMO), Henry Kwofie, has confirmed that 4 individuals have to this point died with others receiving remedy on the hospital.

“The deceased individuals embody a mom, father, their daughter, and a grandchild. The daughter who’s a nurse had visited her mom together with her baby after work when the fireplace outbreak occurred. They have been trapped within the bed room and couldn’t be saved.

“We initially saved the husband however he additionally died later on the hospital,” Mr. Kwofie mentioned.

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