Kronum-Afrancho fire: 18-year-old SHS student burnt to death

An 18-year-old student has died in a fire that swept through a plastic recycling factory at Kronum-Afrancho in the Afigya Kwabre South District of the Ashanti region.

Stephen Agyekum died in an attempt to control the spread of the inferno with a fire extinguisher.

The deceased, Stephen Agyekum, is a form one student of Adugyama Senior High School.

But the thick black smoke from the fire blocked their view of the door.

The fire lasted for close to 10 hours before it was totally doused by firefighters.

The Breman Fire Service Department had to call in reinforcement from four other fire departments in Greater Kumasi to help douse the fire.

The fire service is currently investigating the cause of the fire.