District Chief Executive of Gushegu District, Hon. Alhassan Fuseini was greeted with double agony as he lost his 8 year old daughter and his seven bedroom house at Choggu Yapalsi in the Tamale Metropolis of the Northern Region.
The DCE’s house at Gushegu was gutted by fire around 11:30pm.
According to an eye witness there were 4 children in the room of the first wife of the DCE, Madam Ayi but they managed to escape leaving Eight year old Fuseina Yussif who was sleeping alone and could not escape from the inferno.
The fire according to the owner of the house started at about 11:30pm in the deceased’s room, and lasted for about three hours before fire fighters could put it out.
Her mortal remains have been deposited at the Tamale Teaching Hospital morgue awaiting burial.
The Northern Regional Fire Service is yet to establish the cause of the fire.
Hon. Alhassan has however remained silent over the incident out of shock.
Home of Gushegu DCE razed, 8 yr old dead
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