A man believed to be in his 70s has been burnt to death after fire gutted a house in the Akyem Asuboa community in Eastern Region.
The deceased, Yaw Donkor, was sleeping in his room when the house caught fire on Wednesday, December 14, 2022.
The assembly member for Asuboa Salam, Andrews Sir Doe, who witnessed the fire outbreak, narrated the incident to the media.
“The fire outbreak started at midnight. The cause of the fire is not known, but the house is connected to electricity. In fact, the man was sleeping alone in the house, so he was burnt to death. I tried hard before getting the fire service personnel to come around to help extinguish the fire.”
According to him, residents and fire personnel who doused the fire rescued four other victims in nearby rooms.
The charred body has been wrapped and taken to the morgue for preservation pending further investigation.
The cause of the fire is not immediately known, but firefighters have commenced investigations into the incident.
The Eastern Region recorded 279 fire outbreaks within the first quarter of the year. The figure comprised 167 bushfire outbreaks and 112 domestic fire incidents.