Former Audit Service Director Burnt To Death

A 74-year-old man has been burnt to death after a 5-bedroom house was razed down by fire at Aburaso in the Ashanti Region.

The incident which occurred around 1am Saturday left five others with serious injuries.

The septuagenarian, according to eye witnesses, was entrapped in one of the rooms when the fire commenced resulting in his death.

The deceased has been identified as Stephen Dapaah, a former Ashanti Regional Director of Audit Service.

The cause of the fire is however unknown.

Everything in the house has been reduced to ashes.

Meanwhile, the Ghana National Fire Service has launched investigations to ascertain events leading to the fire.

Also, the charred remains of the deceased has been deposited at the morgue of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital with the injured receiving treatment at the same facility.
 

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