Two women were burnt to death on a rice farm at Saboba in the Northern Region.
Narrating the incident to Citi News, a victim of the incident who escaped death by timely intervention said “We were on our farm winnowing rice when we saw smoke from a near by bush so we though it was from a far distance or some one have set the fire to cook some food little did we know the fire engulfed us and we didn’t know what to do , so we decided to run for our lives, so I picked up a small child and started to run with the child which my son also run for his life.”
“The bush from which the fire was burning and hence posed a lot of danger in their lives and because of age I could not run whilst trying to rescue my life and the small girls life from this fire, so I did my best by running and just a small distance to get to a safer place I fell down with the child so my son quickly came and took the child from my hands and held my hand and dragged me to a safer place but I had some minor burns,” she said.
The victims were rushed to Assemblies of God Hospital in Saboba and upon their arrival the two women were confirmed dead and those who sustained the minor injuries are currently going through treatment at the assemblies of God hospital whilst the two dead women have been released to the bereaved family for burial.
Investigation is on going to ascertain what caused the incident.
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(Via: CitiFM Online Ghana)