A 29-YEAR-OLD man was killed in a fire that engulfed his house at Adansi Akrokeri, near Obuasi, last Wednesday.
The 16-bedroom house of Kudjo Amoh, a galamsey operator, caught fire around 10:30p.m.
The friend of the deceased, who was also identified only as Addai suffered serious burns and was rushed to the AngloGold Ashanti Hospital for treatment but was immediately referred to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital to receive emergency treatment.
A police source claimed that both the deceased and his friend were asleep when the room was engulfed by the fire.
Both were trapped but when Addai managed to free himself,he could not rescue his friend who was trapped and burnt beyond recognition.
Police at Obuasi are investigating the cause of the fire outbreak. According to eyewitnesses, the fire destroyed property worth millions of cedis,
A motorbike parked in one of the rooms was also destroyed.
A source told the Daily Graphic that Addai who is also a galamsey operator visited the deceased who lived in a house numbered AK 18/C at Akrokerrifie
. On the night of the fire outbreak, there was no power in the house so the deceased lighted a candle as a source of light .
The source said the candle light could be the source of the fire outbreak.
According to the source, neighbours saw the house engulfed with fire and it was during their shouts for help that Addai managed to escape, leaving the deceased.
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