Fire burns down three storey
More than 20 people have been rendered homeless after a ferocious fire gutted a three-storey building at Atonsu S-Line, a suburb of Kumasi, on Monday.
The inferno started at about 6am on the top floor and spread to the kitchen and other parts of the of the building.
The inferno was said to have been started by an infant.
Gertrude Antwi, a tenant, told DAILY GUIDE that she spotted the fire on the ceiling of her co-tenant and fled the building with her 10-month-old baby and husband.
According to her, three fire tenders later arrived on the scene to quench the fire.
Some people claimed they were awoken by the acrid smell of smoke and sound.
The stunned and helplessly tenants waited for personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS).
The cause of the fire has not yet been established.
Gertrude said her personal belongings and those of other tenants were destroyed by the inferno, adding that neighbours joined them to try to quench the fire.
When DAILY GUIDE got to the scene, thick smoke had engulfed the entire building.
Another tenant, Yaw Boateng corroborated the story of 28-year-old Gertrude Antwi and added that the victims could not salvage their property from the rooms.
According to him, it took fire fighters nearly an hour to bring the ferocious fire under control.
