Fire has killed an 18-year-old boy while a middle-aged woman is also battling for her life in two separate fire incidents in the Ashanti Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The incidents occurred on Friday and Saturday, August 5 and 6, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The woman is receiving treatment at the Ankaase Methodist Hospital while the Ashanti Regional Police have deposited the body of the boy at the morgue for autopsy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The boy was reportedly trapped while attempting to salvage some properties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The woman (name unknown) was said to be asleep when the fire started on Friday morning around 1:30 am at Ahenkro in the Afigya Kwabre South district of the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As residents in the five-bedroom house ran for their lives, the woman was completely forgotten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minutes later, she was heard screaming for help but none could go back to rescue her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She, however, managed to go through the blaze but was badly burnt. She was quickly rushed to the Ankaase Methodist Hospital within the district where she was admitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Fire Service, however, managed to douse the fire within an hour-and-a-half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n