The fire has gutted a house at Akyem Akropong in Atewa West District of the Eastern Region
The fire was reportedly caused by hand sanitizer which caught fire destroying household properties and Personal belongings.
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Preliminary Investigations by the National Disaster Management Organization and Ghana National Fire Service have revealed that the fire was caused by two children who brought hand sanitizer into contact with a naked fire in the room.
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A total of twelve (12) persons have been displaced by the fire outbreak
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Obed Ansah