3 Children burnt to death at Nkwanta
Three children were burnt to death when fire gutted their father’s residence at Nkwanta in the Volta Region yesterday.
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The names of the children have been given as Francis Adjei, 11, Wisdom Bediako, eight, and Gifty Bediako , three.
The children’s father, Kwesi Bediako, sustained serious injury and is on admission at the Nkwanta District Hospital.
The charred bodies of the deceased have been deposited at the morgue of St Joseph Catholic Hospital at Nkwanta.
According to the Nkwanta South District Police Commander, Superintendent Joseph Ackah, the fire started at about 6.15 am in an area called English Arabic at Nkwanta when one of the children lighted a match to set fire for house chores.
The fire from the match was said to have caused five drums of pre-mix fuel stored in the house to explode, setting the house ablaze.
Mr Ackah said the police mobilised personnel of the Ghana National Fire and Rescue Services (GNFRS) from the Nkwanta South and Nkwanta North districts to extinguish the fire.
He said the fire was brought under control after three hours but it was too late for any of the children to survive.
