Fire yesterday
gutted one of the junior quarters in Bolgatanga killing a four year old boy.
It
took the timely intervention of personnel from the Ghana Fire Service to save
two other children that were trapped in the building.
Although the cause of the fire is not yet
known, residents believe that it occurred due to electrical fault.
At the time Radio
Ghana visited the scene, victims of the fire incident were picking their bit
and pieces.
The body of the deceased has
since been deposited at the Bolgatanga Regional morgue pending investigations
to ascertain the cause of the fire.
An eye witness who spoke to Radio Ghana on
condition of anonymity said the fire began around 11: 40 am when the parents of
the deceased child were at church.
According to him, the three children that
were inside the building started screaming for help. This, he said caught the
attention of residents nearby prompting them to attend to the children.
In
their attempt to rescue them, two managed to escape the fierce inferno while
the deceased child got trapped leading to his death.
While others were
commending the fire personnel for the swift intervention to put the fire under
control, others believe that they should have done better to rescue the boy.
Property running into thousands of Ghana Cedis
were lost in the course of the fire as it swept through other rooms.
The
guardian to the deceased child, Mr Isaac Mensah, who was away when the incident
occurred later resurfaced after assisting the police to deposit the body at the
Bolgatanga Hospital Morque.
He described the situation as unfortunate and said
he was disoriented when the news of the fire was made known to him.
The building in question is one of the Junior
Staff Quarters occupied by staff of the Ghana Water Company.
Due to the
severity of damage caused to the building, officials of the company has deemed
it prudent to resettle the affected victims.
The Human Resource Manager of GWCL,
Mr Sam Aninga, who was present to assess
the extent of damage caused said his outfit will see to the plight of the
victims in due course.
GBC
NEWS
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