Two men identified as Sulemana Abdallah and Osman Sadat,
believed to be in their late 20s, have been found dead at Nanzun in the Karaga
District of the Northern Region as a result of bushfire.
Osman Sadat died upon arrival at the Tamale Teaching Hospital and has since
been buried in accordance with the Islamic culture, while Sulemana Abdallah is still
in a critical condition.
Their belongings- mobile phones, motorcycle keys and their clothing were burnt
to ashes.
“We saw a rabbit fast approaching and we traced it to that bush, we
decided to set the bush ablaze before we realised we were surrounded by the
fire. I told my friend, let’s remove our dresses and run naked out of the fire,
Sadat refused, but I did, that’s how I managed to survive it,” Sulemana
Abdallah revealed.
Sadat and Sulemana are citizens of Dungu and Sugashee
respectively and their families have accepted the sad news and equally
attributed it to the will of Allah.
The negative impact of bushfire in northern Ghana can never be
underestimated as more than 400 hectares of rice farms along the
Fumbisi-Gbedembilisi-Yagaba rice valleys were completely burned by the bushfire
a month ago.
Despite several campaigns by the government to end bushfire menace, the
situation seems to be on the ascendancy. – ghanaweb
