Tears flow as mourners grieve nurse and three children killed in fire outbreak at Gyinyase

Linda, a 33-year-old nurse at the Kumasi South Hospital, burnt to death alongside her children aged 13, 10, and 3, when their three-bedroom home was consumed by flames.

Mourners dressed in black and red thronged the funeral grounds with their faces etched with grief.

The heartbreaking scene was captured in a viral video showing Linda’s husband sitting motionless, overwhelmed by pain and grief while her mother, unable to contain her sorrow, wept uncontrollably.

Friends, colleagues, and sympathizers, including the schoolmates of the children struggled to hold back tears as they paid their final respects.

The devastating incident occurred when a fire broke out in their home at dawn, on February 8, 2025, trapping the family inside.

Neighbours and passersby tried desperately to rescue them, but the raging flames made entry impossible.

Per reports, firefighters arrived after being alerted and managed to douse the fire, but tragically, the bodies of Linda and her children were discovered burnt beyond recognition in the bathroom, where they had sought refuge.

In an earlier interview on Oheneba TV, her grieving husband, Agyemang, who works in Bibiani, recounted the painful last phone call he received from his wife at around 3:30 a.m. that fateful morning.

“I was at work when my wife called me, crying out for help. I could hear my children screaming, ‘Dad, we are burning, we are burning!’ I kept shouting, asking if there was anyone around to help, but the line suddenly went silent,” he narrated with tears in his eyes.

Desperately, he tried calling back, but there was no response.

He said he hurriedly set out for Gyinyase but struggled to find transportation at that hour.

He recounted that by the time he finally arrived, his worst fears had been confirmed, his entire family and home had been reduced to ashes.

“I have lost everything. My children were my joy. They were the ones who always welcomed me home from work. Now, I have no one. My youngest child, especially, was my best friend. I can’t sleep because I keep seeing them in front of me,” he said in anguish.

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