Two siblings have been trapped in a fire outbreak leading to the death of one while the other is in serious condition.
The incident occurred at Issifu Korpe, a fishing community on Digya Island in Afram Plains North District of the Eastern Region on.
Information gathered indicates that the Children were left home by their parents who traveled.
Whilst asleep around 9pm, a blazing bushfire engulfed the thatched house which trapped the children in the room.
The deceased was charred but the other survived with serious burns.
The Afram Plains Area is notorious for bushfire incidents caused by herdsmen who deliberately set fire into bushes in anticipation of sprouting of new grasses to graze their cattle.
Three weeks ago, a family of three at Makofi in the Afram Plains South District was rendered homeless after their homes were burnt by similar bushfire incident caused by the herdsmen.
Meanwhile, the Eastern Regional Director of the National Disaster Management Organization, NADMO, Kwame Appiah Kodua, has directed District Directors in the Afram Plains area to intensify education among the herders to desist from the indiscriminate bush burning to stop the menace.
Source: mybrytfmonline/Kojo Ansah
