{"id":451343,"date":"2018-01-01T10:16:03","date_gmt":"2018-01-01T10:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/01\/01\/akufo-addo-mourns-with-bronx-fire-victims\/"},"modified":"2018-01-01T10:16:03","modified_gmt":"2018-01-01T10:16:03","slug":"akufo-addo-mourns-with-bronx-fire-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/01\/01\/akufo-addo-mourns-with-bronx-fire-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo mourns with Bronx fire victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Monday,  1 January 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-01-01<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/16538115.295.jpg\" alt=\"Akufo Adoo Crying\" title=\"Akufo Adoo Crying\" width=\"295\" height=\"184\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>President Akufo-Addo has expressed his condolences to the families who lost their loved ones<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1514801763_531_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commiserated with the families of Ghanaian nationals who lost their lives in Bronx apartment fire disaster in New York on Thursday 28 December 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Nana Akufo-Addo in a tweet said his government will come to the aid of the affected families.<\/p>\n<p>His tweet read: \u201cMy deepest condolences to the families of the Ghanaian nationals, who tragically lost their lives in Saturday&#8217;s Bronx apartment fire disaster in New York. Gov&#8217;t, through our Mission in Washington, is coming to the aid of the affected families. May their souls rest in peace!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Twelve people died in the fire, which fire officials said was caused by a child playing with a stove.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghanaians living in the five-story building in the Belmont section who lost their lives have been identified as 17-year-old Hannah Donkor, 28-year-old Emmanuel Mensah, 48-year-old Gabriel Yaw Sarkodie, 49-year-old Solomon Donkor, 54-year-old Justice Opoku and William Donkor (age unknown).<\/p>\n<p>Mr Emmanuel Mensah was a private in the army who died in the fire while rescuing his neighbours. According to reports, he rescued four people but died in his attempt to rescue the fifth person.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said this is the worst fire tragedy in New York City in at least 25 years.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">My deepest condolences to the families of the Ghanaian nationals, who tragically lost their lives in Saturday&#8217;s Bronx apartment fire disaster in New York. Gov&#8217;t, through our Mission in Washington, is coming to the aid of the affected families. May their souls rest in peace!!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NAkufoAddo\/status\/947538053316399105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 33 updated by: 33 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Monday, 1 January 2018 Source: classfmonline.com 2018-01-01 President Akufo-Addo has expressed his condolences to the families who lost their loved ones President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commiserated with the families of Ghanaian nationals who lost their lives in Bronx apartment fire disaster in New York on Thursday 28 December 2017. 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