An eleven-room house with about 30 residents at Tutuka Central, a suburb of Obuasi, was completely consumed by fire in the early hours of Monday. The cause of the fire, which started around 1am, is not known at the time of filing this report.
Three fire stations at Fomena, Obuasi and AngloGold Ashanti, were there to assist in putting out the fire.
Personal belongings of all the occupants of the rooms, including children, were completely destroyed.
They told The Chronicle that except for four persons who got injured in the process, the rest of them were safe and healthy.
Mr. Abdulai Seidu, who together with the wife and two children were those injured, said he had to use his fist to hit hard the window and later used it to escape together with the family. He said the entire compound was then in flames so the window was the only escape route.
Kamed Yakubu, a trader, said he was lucky to get some boys to help him take some items out of his room to safety, but they ended up taking the items to their houses. He said an amount of GHC2,400 was stolen by those who feigned to rescue them.
The assemblyman for Tutuka Central, Emmanuel Turkson, told this reporter that since all the residents are entirely homeless, he would plead with the Obuasi East DCE and NADMO to get temporary accommodation for the residents.
From Frederick Danso Abeam, Obuasi
