90-year-old retired army officer dies in Obomeng fire

A fire outbreak has resulted in the death of a 90-year-old retired army officer identified as Addo, popularly known as Papa Soja, at Obomeng in the Kwahu South Municipality.

The incident occurred on Thursday, May 23, 2024, around 10:00 pm.

Confirming the incident, the assemblyman for the Obomeng Electoral Area, Eric Oware, explained that despite the efforts by residents to control the blaze while waiting for the fire service, their attempts were unsuccessful.

When the fire service finally arrived, they managed to extinguish the fire, but Papa Soja’s lifeless body was discovered inside his residence.

Authorities promptly informed the police, who transported the body to the morgue.

This incident marks the second fatal fire incident in Obomeng this year.

The first occurred on March 3, 2024, during preparations for the Kwahu Easter Festival at the Level 3 Pub.

That fire, exacerbated by strong winds, resulted in one death and left another person injured.

The injured individual and the deceased were labourers from Accra working on renovations for the festival.

Also, on Sunday night around 11:00 pm on May 12, 2024, two children were burned to death in a domestic fire outbreak in the Birim Central Municipality of the Eastern region.

The deceased persons have been identified as 6-year-old Clement Adjei and 4-year-old Desmond Adjei Karikari, both pupils of Ridge Experimental Basic School.

Information gathered indicates that their mother, Bernice Agyei Karikari, also got severely injured, while properties worth thousands of Ghana cedis have been destroyed.

The two children, part of a five-member family, were asleep in a three-bedroom house when the unfortunate incident happened.