A nine-month-old baby girl and a year and a half old boy have died in a fire outbreak at Moshi Zongo of the Ashanti Region.
The two were trapped in a chamber and hall room in the Menhyia North constituency of Kumasi and were burnt to death.
Attempts to rescue them proved futile.
Before the Fire Service arrived at the scene, the two had already perished.
The Assemblyman for the area speaking on the issue disclosed that he got news of the outbreak but called several times without reaching them.
He had to call the Municipal Assembly to inform the Fire Service about it.
They managed to douse the fire duse the outbreak, but the two children died in the fire.
According to the Assemblyman, the family bereaved family want the Police to hand over the bodies to them so they would bury them.
He said the incident is sad and has thrown the residents into a state of tears.
It is unclear what caused the outbreak, but the Assemblyman claims it was caused by an electrical fault.
However, the fire service says it would conduct a probe into the matter to establish the cause of the fire.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com
