File photo: Fire tender

One person has been reported dead in a fire outbreak at Konongo Kwakrom in the Asante Akyem Central Municipality in the Ashanti region. The disaster occurred in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Information gathered by Adom News suggested that the deceased, identified as Francis Kodua, was trapped in his room during the outbreak.

Speaking in an interview with Adom News, a witness, Kwaku Amoako, said the fire service could not save the situation due to the deplorable roads which delayed its arrival.

“We managed to control the fire but we could not rescue Francis but it seems this community has been neglected by government and we will use this opportunity to appeal for support,” he said.

The Konongo-Odumase Divisional Fire Commander, Emmanuel Richard Mensah, who described the incident as unfortunate, said efforts to save the situation proved futile.

“We received the call around 4:47 am about the outbreak so we set off but couldn’t get any accessible route to the scene. Our car broke down and we had to tow with a rope to the scene but it was unfortunate he was burnt completely on our arrival,” he said.

He assured investigations would be conduced to establish the cause of fire.

Source: Adomonline.com