A woman and her son were burnt to death in an attempt to keep themselves warm at Kukuruzua, a suburb of Zebilla in the Bawku West District.
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) James Ankran said the police received a call from an unknown person at about 05:00hrs, on Saturday, to report the tragedy and immediately proceeded to the scene.
He said the deceased, Madam Ananti Ayabogot, had that morning swept her uncompleted mud hut and then called her son, Master Kofi Ayabogot also deceased, to bring her a matchbox to burn the rubbish she had collected in the room.
ASP Ankran said the two decided to keep themselves warm by that fire, set at the entrance of the hut, and unfortunately, they got trapped when the fire spread into the room and engulfed the place.
He said both mother and son burnt beyond recognition.
Preliminary investigations, ASP Ankran said, revealed that the deceased, Madam Ananti Ayabogot was alleged to have a mental problem.
At the time the Ghana News Agency arrived at the scene, the police and fire service personnel with Dr Patrick Atobrah, the Medical Superintendent of the District Hospital, were about leaving the scene.
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