Man Burnt to Death at North Suntreso; Actress Vivian Jill Cries
Actress Vivian Jill Lawrence could not hold back her tears when she arrived at the scene of her neighbour who had burnt to death in his wooden structure. Pictures from the scene are so disturbing as he was burnt beyond recognition.
Residents of North Suntreso have been thrown in a state of shock and sorrow as 42 year old mason,Nana Benyin popularly called ‘the laker’ has been burnt to death in his wooden structure he lives in.
Neighbours say they heard a distress call around the structure where Nana Beyin lived and few minutes later saw the whole place gazumped by fire.
According to a brother of the deceased who spoke to our reporter Hafiz Tijani,his brother was using a candle last night in his room since there was a power outage in the vicinity.\He believes he slept off leaving the lit candle to catch fire in the wooden structure. When they heard of the screams they run out to try and help but there were helpless as the wooden structure is surrounded by some containers.
An explosion of a gas cylinder spread the inferno to other structures including a hair saloon.
According to our reporter,the decapitated body of the deceased could be seen in the debris since he was struggling to escape the blaze.The charred body of the late Nana Beyin has been deposited at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital morgue by the Police.
This latest fire incident is the third and brings the fire death toll to 11 in the Ashanti region in the last two months with the first one claiming seven lives in Mampong,whiles three person were also burnt to death at Santasi just last week.
Some neighbours wailing including actress Vivian Jill Lawrence (Centre) and Roselind Ngisa
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