The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) and the Ghana Police Service have launched investigations into a fire outbreak that killed a headteacher and his family at Gomoa Buduburam in the Central Region.
While the Fire Service is investigating the cause of the fire, the police is looking into a possible criminal element of the incident.
The sexagenarian, Mr Robert Assan Donkor, his wife and five children were burnt beyond recognition in his bungalow at Big Apple on Friday dawn.
The remains of the victims have since been sent to the mogue of the Trauma and Special Hospital at Winneba.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency, DOIII Abdul Wasiu Hudu, the Central Regional Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the GNFS said his outfit was yet to unravel the cause of the fire.
Without stating any specific timelines, he said “we are still investigating the cause of the fire. We have not found the cause yet but we are on it” he added.
