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80-year-old mother, son perish in fire outbreak

The sad incident occurred at Axim after the two slept without putting out a candle.

The two were burnt to death when the building in which they slept caught fire in the early hours of Friday, July 21 between 1:30 – 2 am.

The woman, Maame Esi Akyere, was reported to be ill and had come to stay with her son only for them to have died in the blaze.

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According to the Assembly man for the area, Frank Boafo, the two had lit a candle but they fell asleep without putting it out.

The candle subsequently lit some papers and materials and engulfed the room in a big fire, he said.

Officers of the Ghana National Fire Service arrived at the scene but the two had already burnt.

The man had died but his mother was still alive. She, however, passed away after being sent to the Axim Government Hospital.

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The bodies have since been deposited at the hospital morgue for an autopsy.

Police have also commenced investigations into the incident.

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