The incident is said to have happened on Sunday, January 5, 2019 while the officer was preparing food.
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Police officer, entire family killed in gas explosion at Ablekuma
A gas explosion at Ablekuma in Accra has claimed the lives of a police officer and her three children.
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The deceased policewoman has since been identified as Inspector Kata Abban.
The gas explosion also killed her children; 21-year-old Emmanuel Agyei, 11-year-old Joyce Abban and nine-year-old Ebenezer Abban.
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According to Adomfmonline, the gas explosion occurred after the mother and her children returned from church that Sunday.
Her eldest child, a student at the Ghana Telecom University, is reported to have died while trying to rescue his struggling mother and siblings.
Meanwhile, the 11-year-old was washing dishes when the incident happened, the report added.
Sarah, a sister of the now-deceased policewoman, said she was rushed to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital where she passed on on January 9.
She revealed that Emmanuel died on January 10, with his other two young siblings also passed on two days later.
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