Mother who lost 8-year-old daughter in Dansoman fire recounts final moments

A grieving mother has shared the heartbreaking final moments she spent with her 8-year-old daughter, Priscilla, before the Dansoman Market fire took the young girl’s life.

In a video posted by Joy News, the mother, visibly sobbing recalled how what started as a normal, happy evening turned into a tragedy she never imagined.

She said they had been playing and watching TV together when Priscilla asked for kenkey and fish. She gave her money to buy it and even asked her to get some soup for her on the way back because she planned to eat gari.

8-year-old burnt to death in Dansoman market fire

“I was with her in the evening, playing and watching television. She asked to eat kenkey and fish, and I said okay. I gave her money to buy the kenkey… I even told her I would eat gari, so she should buy soup for me on her way back,” she recalled.

Priscilla returned home, ate her food, and later went to bed since she had school the next day. The mother explained that after her daughter fell asleep, she stepped out to buy her own food and didn’t wake her to inform her.

“After she went to bed, I stepped out to buy food. By then, she was asleep, so I didn’t inform her,” she said.

While at the food vendor’s stand, she received a call from a friend who said her shed was on fire. The mother immediately panicked, remembering her daughter was still inside one of the kiosks.

“She called and said there was a fire in her shed. I just said, ‘My daughter is there.’ That was it. I never saw my daughter again,” she cried.

The fire tore through several wooden structures at the Dansoman Market, destroying shops and trapping the little girl who had been asleep inside.

Authorities are investigating the cause of the blaze as the community mourns the loss of a young life.

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