It was a most heart-wrenching thing captured right on camera – the very moment a mother realised she had lost her 8-year-old daughter to a merciless fire.
And just 36 seconds was enough to capture this surreal flash in time as the mother, calmly in disbelief, walked out of shot during the blazing fire as she uttered the words, ‘My child is inside,’ much to the instantaneous shock of some young men helping firefighters douse the fire.
All these were captured in the video shared by Alex King Nartey of the Public Affairs Unit of the Ghana National Fire Service on Facebook.
The devastating fire, which happened at the Dansoman Market at midnight of Tuesday, November 25, 2025, claimed the life of an 8-year-old girl, burning her beyond recognition.
The deceased was reportedly trapped in the section of the market where the fire occurred, leading to her death.
It would later emerge that her mother had locked her up in the shop as she went to buy something.
The badly charred body has since been handed over to the police to assist with investigations.
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Providing an update on the fire, GNFS’ Alex King Nartey wrote, “The sad moment the mother realised that she has lost her daughter to the fire. Words can’t describe the sadness and shock.”
The GNFS indicated that upon arrival at the scene, the fire had already reached an advanced stage and was rapidly ravaging the market.
“At 00:02 hrs, the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) received a distress call reporting a fire outbreak at the Dansoman Market. The first crew from Dansoman Fire Station arrived at 00:04 hrs and met the blaze at an advanced stage, spreading rapidly in all directions,” the service stated.
It added that the severity of the fire required several reinforcements to help extinguish it, and the blaze was finally brought under control after several hours of intense firefighting.
Watch the heartbreaking video below:
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