Pregnant woman and husband, two kids die in housefire at Manso-Aponapon

It has emerged that the woman who perished in the Manso-Aponapon housefire with her husband and two kids, was heavily pregnant.

The incident occurred Saturday around 11pm as Manso Aponapon in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti region.

Esther Kwabena, her husband Kofi Owusu, and their two children aged 9 and 5 years got trapped in the fire and died in the process.

Four other tenants who were in the house got injured and are receiving treatment at the St Martin’s hospital in Agroyesum.

Edward Oduro Nsiah said he received a distress call around to 12 am Sunday about the fire and he immediately called fire service for intervention.

“The fire started around 11:30 pm but I received a call around 12 am. I immediately reached out to the fire service but before they got to the scene, the family of four had already been burnt beyond recognition. The firefighters however managed to douse the flame saving four other tenants in the compound house”.

The bodies have been deposited at St Martin’s hospital at Agroyesum. Even though the exact cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, the preliminary investigation points to an electrical fault.