A Warrant Officer Class Two with the 66 Artillery Regiment of the Volta Barracks at Ho, Isaac Afobu Adzevi, 54, died last Friday when a lantern he was lighting during a power outage exploded, setting his home on fire. His wife, Joyce Essie Ashiapy, who tried to rescue him sustained severe burns on the hands and arms and is currently receiving treatment at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra. Briefing news men, Lt Col Abass Seidu, Rear Commander of the Regiment said that at about 7.30 pm, Warrant Officer Adzevi returned from a funeral at Agbozume in the Ketu district and picked the lantern to light at the corridor of the house because of the power outage in the area. He said that while Adzevi was lighting the lamp it exploded setting the place ablaze and trapping him. Attempts by his wife to save him were not successful as she sustained severe burns. Response to her call for help came rather too late for her husband died while being rushed to the Regional Hospital. Ms Ashiapy survived, albeit with severe burns on her arms, legs and was admitted at the hospital. She was however flown to the 37 Military Hospital in a military helicopter for further treatment, while the charred body of Adzevi was conveyed by road also to the 37 Military hospital. Meanwhile, the Military Police are investigating the cause of explosion. Credit: The Ghanaian Times