6-Year-old dies in Borla Junction fire
The father of the deceased, Mr Hope Tagborlo, pointing to the spot where the deceased was found after the fire outbreak. Picture: EDNA ADU-SERWAA |
A Devastating fire that razed down 14 structures at Borla
Junction at Sowutuom, a suburb of Accra, last Thursday night also burnt a
six-year-old child to death.
The deceased, Lordina Tagborlo, was said to be asleep, when the fire started at about 8 p.m.
Besides the 14 structures, which accommodated about 40 people, five shops were also burnt.
At the time personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) got to the scene, the damage had already been caused.
Lordina
A tearful Matilda Asare, aka Hagar, mother of the deceased child,
told the Daily Graphic that but for one of her children, they would all
have died in the inferno.
According to her, one of her children woke her up and told them there was a fire outbreak in the area.
"I quickly ran out with the small one who is almost two years, while
my sister rushed out with the other two children without us knowing
where Lordina was," she said.
Lordina is the eldest of the four children of Mr Tagborlo and Ms Asare.
Explaining how the family discovered the death of Lordina, Ms Asare
said after the fire had been brought under control by personnel of the
GNFS, the charred body of Lordina was discovered in the debris.
Loud noise
A victim of the fire disaster, Mr Samuel Appiah, who operates a Fan
Milk depot, said at the time personnel of the GNFS got to the scene, the
structures had already been burnt.
"I heard a noise from outside and within two minutes, the fire had
spread all over and we were unable to pick anything," he said.
Observation
On a visit to the scene yesterday, the Daily Graphic discovered that
some of the squatters were in a dilemma and wondering where to sleep,
while others were mourning the death of Lordina.
The victims called on corporate institutions and the government to come to their aid.
When the Daily Graphic contacted the Sowutuom Police Station,
Detective Chief Inspector Stephen Abare Wuni confirmed that Lordina died
in the fire.
He said her remains had been taken to the Police Hospital Morgue for autopsy.
Source: Graphic Online
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