Ghana
FAMILY OF FOUR INCLUDING THREE WEEK OLD BABY KILLED IN WESTERN REGION HOUSE FIRE
A family of four, including a three-week-old baby and a four-year-old child, has died in a devastating house fire at Apemanim No. 2 in the Ahanta West Municipality of Ghana's Western Region. The fire broke out at about 2 a.m. on Thursday, October 1, while the family was reportedly asleep. The victims have been identified in local reports as 23-year-old Kwesi, his wife Maa Abena, their four-year-old child and their three-week-old baby. Residents attempted to rescue the family and extinguish the blaze, but the fire spread rapidly and all four occupants were trapped inside. The cause of the fire has not yet been established and investigations are underway.
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