Late Murtala Mohammed’s Family Home Catches Fire Ahead Of August 6 Helicopter Crash Anniversary

• A fire tore through the Tamale family home of late MP Murtala Mohammed on Wednesday afternoon, gutting nine of the building's 17 rooms
• Ghana National Fire Service firefighters arrived at the scene within eight minutes of a distress call and rescued two schoolchildren trapped inside
• Authorities have launched an investigation into the cause of the blaze at the home of the MP who died in last year's helicopter crash

A fire broke out at the family home of the late Tamale Central Member of Parliament, Murtala Mohammed, on Wednesday, August 5, destroying nine of the 17 rooms in the building.

3News reported that residents and emergency responders made frantic efforts to bring the fire under control.

A video of the fire on August 5 was being circulated on Facebook.

The Northern Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), ADO I Hudu Baba, told Channel One News that the Service received a distress call at 3:29 p.m. Firefighters reached the property eight minutes later at 3:37 p.m.

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On arrival, firefighters discovered two schoolchildren trapped inside one of the rooms and pulled them to safety before turning their attention to containing the blaze.

ADO I Hudu Baba confirmed that an investigation is now underway to establish what started the fire and to fully assess the damage to the property.

This fire is notably a day before the first anniversary of the August 6 helicopter crash that killed the former Environment Minister.

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The August 6 helicopter crash killed eight people, including two ministers.

The helicopter the officials were travelling in crashed into a dense forest as it was flying from Accra to Obuasi for the launch of the Responsible Cooperative Mining and Skills Development Programme.

Defence Minister Dr Edward Omane Boamah and Mohammed were killed when the helicopter they were travelling in went down in the Adansi Akrofuom district.

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The other civilians who died in the crash were former Obuasi East parliamentary candidate Samuel Aboagye, Deputy National Security Coordinator Limuna Muniru and National Democratic Congress (NDC) Vice Chairman Dr Samuel Sarpong, while the army personnel who died in the crash were Sergeant Ernest Addo Mensah, Squadron Leader Peter Bafemi Anala and Flying Officer Manin Twum-Ampadu.

Source: YEN.com.gh