One person has been confirmed dead as fire ravage part of at a slum within Asafo in the Ashanti regional capital Kumasi popularly called BB.
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The inferno is believed to have been started by a couple cooking in one of the wooden structures in the area.
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Over forty structures which are occupied by several families were consumed by the fire.
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Luv FM reporter, Nana Yaw Gyimah who was at the scene confirmed that, one charred body was retrieved by the police.
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He said the body has been deposited at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) morgue pending autopsy.
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Meanwhile, personnel of the Fire Service managed to douse the fire.