A family has lost its four-bedroom house to a fire incident in Berekum of the Bono region.
The fire, which started in the early hours of Wednesday, December 18, 2024, also destroyed several properties worth thousands of cedis.
Speaking to Adom News, some eyewitnesses narrated they saw smoke gushing out of the house and, in no time, an uncontrollable fire consumed the building.
According to residents, a call was placed to the Fire Service in Berekum but the personnel could not swiftly respond due a malfunctioning fire tender.
Neighbours had to resort to fetching water from their homes to help quench the fire but their efforts were futile due to the intensity of the fire.
Firefighter from Nsuatre in the Sunyani West Municipality was called in but arrived when the damage has already been caused.
Some agitated residents lamented that the Berekum fire tender has been malfunctioning for over two years without any particular attention to it.
They have therefore appealed to the newly elected MP to make it a priority to provide Berekum and its environs with a new fire tender.
The Fire Service is conducting investigation to ascertain the cause of the fire.
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