
It was all wailing and mourning in the early hours of Wednesday at Windy Ridge, a suburb of Takoradi when neighbours woke up to a pitiable scene of two ladies who have been killed in a fire that gutted two bungalows in the area
The names of the two deceased whose bodies were burnt beyond recognition were only given by the neighbours as Comfort and Theresah aged between 18 and 20.
Their charred bodies have since been conveyed to the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital Mortuary by the Police
One neighbour who lamented what she witnessed to YOURS IN THE INDEFATIGABLE SERVICE OF GHANA, Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson amidst uncontrollable tears said the two ladies are House helps living with a woman and her family in one of the bungalows
According to neighbours, the two bungalows where the incident happened are being occupied by two staff members of the Regional Coordinating Council and their families
The inferno according to the neighbours was very intense at the Apartment of an Economic Planning officer who is currently studying abroad
The wife of the Planning officer, a Chopbar opreator and her five children who escaped death after one of the children forced the door open for them to escape are currently on admission at the Effia Nkwanta Hospital with varying degree of injuries
ADFO Emmanuel Bonney who is the Regional PRO for Ghana National Fire Service was present at the scene.
He narrated what his Team saw when they arrived at the scene arround 5:30am but said the cause of the fire is yet to be known.
Author: Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson (www.233times.net)