One person has been injured, and a four-bedroom house was razed down in a devastating fire outbreak at Asawase Togobar, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region.

The injured, an elderly woman, is said to have been suffocated by smoke from the fire, nearly causing her death.

The fire incident, according to residents, has destroyed properties worth millions of cedis.

The sad incident, which occurred on Thursday, November 12, 2026, has rendered dozens homeless.

Speaking to OTEC News, victims said they suspect an electrical fault to be the cause of the fire.

“We have had continuous erratic power supply. The power went off, but the fire started immediately after it came on,” a victim said.

“We suspect the fire was triggered by the power. We are pleading with ECG to solve this problem of power in our area,” another victim added.

The victims, who have lost all their belongings to the fire, are appealing for support from the government, benevolent organisations and the public to help them rebuild their lives.

They are also calling on the Electricity Company of Ghana to urgently address the erratic power supply in the area to prevent a recurrence of such a disaster.