Mohammed Naira, alias Commander an 18-year-old Junior High School Student has lost his life in a fire outbreak that gutted house number A Block 11/1 on the Tamale water works road. Several properties worth millions of Ghana cedis got destroyed while occupants of the said house have been rendered homeless.

The cause of the fire outbreak is yet to be determined though there is widespread rumour that it was caused by electrical fault.

Alhaji Harrunah Abudulai Friday, Mayor of Tamale and officials of the National Disaster Management Organization led by Abdulai Silimboma, the northern regional coordinator were at the scene to console the victims.

NADMO presented relief items comprising student mattresses, blankets, rubber buckets, drinking cups, detergents among other valuables to the victims.

Speaking exclusively to northernghana.conm, Alhaji Silimboma said plans were underway to relocate the victims to a temporary abode. The regional NADMO Boss commended neighbours of that vicinity for their timely response and appealed to residents of the entire metropolis to adopt safety precautionary measures to curtail such occurrences.

In a related development, Alhaji Silimboma announced that his outfit has embarked on a regional sensitization programme on the Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) disease saying districts like Yendi, Savelugu and Gushegu have been covered.

 

Abdul-Karim Naatogmah