Fire outbreak has erased five people including a two-months-old baby.

The family of five reportedly met their untimely death in an outbreak which occurred Sunday morning at Dansoman in Accra.

The deceased including a pastor’s wife, three children and mother in-law, according to reports were burnt to ashes when fire gutted the storey building in which they reside.

Pastor Ato Kessie, the Dansoman District pastor of the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) church was not in the house at the time the incident happened.

An eyewitness says the fire broke out around 5:am in the six bedroom storey building near the Wesley Grammar school in Dansoman.

He said the victims were said to have been trapped by the security burglar proof at the entrance of the room and its extension, leading to their death.


The eyewitness noted that, he had to mobilize some residents to put out the fire before the arrival of the firefighters, adding that their efforts were futile.

Director of Operations at the National Fire Service, Kwaku Manu Afful confirmed the incident said they received a distress call around 6:30 am and quickly rushed to the scene.

However, due to the intensity of the fire, they had to call for support to douse the fire.

The Deputy Fire Officer said the cause of fire is still unknown and victims were already dead when they entered the room.

Meanwhile, the police were at the scene and have deposited the charred and badly disfigured bodies at the Police hospital morgue.

Source: Ghanaguardian.com