Sergeant Owusu Asante Baafi who died together with his wife and their four-month-old baby in a fire outbreak at Apromasi in the Ashanti Region has been buried.

The 35-year-old man and his wife Abena Akyaa, 32, were buried on Saturday, January 28, 2023, at Adomfe in the Asante Akyem South Municipality of the Ashanti Region.

It was a difficult moment for families and sympathisers to watch as baby Samuel Kwabena Baafi Nyamedo was laid by his parents.

The coffin of the late officer with the Anti-Robbery Unit of the Ashanti Regional Police Command was wrapped in a Ghana Police Service flag with a service cap placed on it.

Senior Police Officers in a procession amidst a final gun salute at the cemetery escorted Mr and Mrs Baafi’s coffins.

In attendance to mourn with the family were the Director-General of Administration; COP Mr Christian Tetteh Yohunu, Director-General of Legal and Prosecution; COP. Mr Nathan Kofi Boakye and Director-General, Human Resource Development; COP Mr Frederick Adu Anim.

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah among others were also present.

The young family were killed in the fire incident which occurred on Sunday, January 15, 2023, at the Apromase Police Barracks.

Meanwhile, all Police officers and their families have been relocated from apartments at a facility serving as the Apromase Police Barracks after a fire destroyed a floor of one of the three-storey buildings.

The fire killed a Police officer, Owusu Asante Baafi, together with his wife and their four-month-old daughter.

The evacuation announced by the IGP, Dr George Akuffo Dampare is to give way for a complete assessment of the building to ensure safety standards.

Though the two other buildings were not affected by the fire, a similar assessment will be done on them.