The two young girls receiving treatment at the hospital
TWO YOUNG daughters of a policeman, who resides at Abuakwa-Zongo near Kumasi, have sustained severe body injuries after their house caught fire when their father was on night patrol duty.
The two victims, identified as Christabel Adutwumwaa Osei, aged 9 years old, and Tracy Serwaa Osei, aged 6 years old, were rushed to the hospital by some Good Samaritans for treatment.
The fire, reportedly, started at 11:30 p.m. on December 30, 2025, when their father, Inspector Osei Kofi, stationed at the Nkawie Divisional Police Headquarters, was on patrol duty with his colleagues.
Abuakwa District Police sitrep said preliminary investigations indicated that the children were alone in the house when the fire commenced, but some people in the community managed to douse it.
“On 02/01/2025 at about 1600 hours, Inspector Osei Kofi of the Nkawie Divisional Police Headquarters, residing at Abuakwa-Zongo near SDA Church, reported at the Abuakwa Police Station that on Tuesday, 30/12/2025, at about 1130 hours, while on patrol duty at Nkawie Kwanfinfin, he received a distress call from his landlord, David Agyapong, informing him that his rented apartment had been engulfed by fire.
“As a result of the incident, his two daughters, Christabel Adutwumwaa Osei, aged 9 years, and Tracy Serwaa Osei, aged 6 years, sustained serious injuries. His personal effects, including unspecified household items, were all destroyed by the fire,” the police report disclosed.
The victims, according to the police, were immediately rushed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, where they are currently on admission at the Red Ward of the Emergency Unit and receiving treatment.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that the children were alone at home at the time of the incident. The fire was extinguished by neighbours,” the police statement further said, adding that the victims were responding to treatment.
Meanwhile, the authorities concerned are investigating to find out the exact cause of the inferno.
FROM I.F. Joe Awuah, Kumasi