The cause of the fire is yet to be known. It reportedly occurred at about 1:30 pm on Tuesday.

It ravaged the house and destroyed several property running into thousands of cedis.

The Ashanti Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service, D.O III Peter Addai, confirmed the incident.

“Around 1:57 pm, we had a distress call that there was a fire in a house at Meduma near Komfo Anokye SHS. We swiftly responded and when we got to the scene, the fire engulfed the whole house and was at its fully developed stage.

“We managed to put it under control and extinguished it. An 11-year-old girl lost her life as a result of the fire,” he narrated to Accra-based Citi FM.

He explained investigations have commenced to determine the cause of the fire, adding that the body was handed over to the Mampongteng police who deposited it at the mortuary.

Though the cause of the incident is not yet known, some residents suspect a poor electric connection in the house.

The fire occurred when no one was at the house except a helpless child who then moved out screaming fiercely, thereby, attracting the attention of neighbours who came to her rescue.

Witnesses say it took firefighters from Mamponten close to half an hour to arrive at the fire scene.

The landlady of the house, Precious Abena, wouldn’t speak with the press but began to count her losses.

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The residents are, therefore, calling on the government through the National Disaster Management Organisation and other benevolent organisations to come to their aid.

No casualties were recorded.