A tragic fire outbreak in the community of Egyiresia near Sekondi has resulted in the deaths of two of the 16 injured individuals.
The fire, which occurred on Saturday, May 18, around 4 pm, was ignited by leaking premix fuel that came into contact with flames from a nearby fish smoking facility.
Gabriel Ato Mensah, the Assembly Member for Egyiresia-Mpasem, informed the media that the deceased victims, 15-year-old Joseph Adom and 7-year-old Justice Dadzie, were being treated at Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital in Sekondi before succumbing to their injuries.
He added that two more injured persons are being transferred to Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital for further treatment.
“We recorded 16 victims with 11 being males and five females. We brought 13 of them to Effia-Nkwanta where treatment started, and we took the three to Saint Benedict Hospital at Inchaban. I personally took them to the hospital and later had to join the chief.
“When I came, two of the victims had been taken to the theatre, thus Joseph Adom, 15 years and Isaac Blankson, 55 years. The other 11 were also receiving treatment at the emergency ward.”
“This morning when we came, we realized that Joseph Adom had passed on. So we went to the morgue to see the lifeless body. Since morning, I’ve been here with the chief and around 3 pm, we lost another one by the nane Justice Dadzie, a seven-year-old.
“Currently the ambulance has taken one patient, Isaac Blankson who was at the theatre [on Saturday] to Korle Bu and we are preparing another ambulance for one patient to Korle Bu for further treatment.”
