Tears as pastor's 5 family members who died in fire are buried

The 5 family members who died in a house fire while their father, a pastor, was away on Sunday, August 19, have been laid to rest. 

The family, including the pastor's wife, her mother and their three children, one of who is a two-month-old baby, were burnt when a fire broke out early in the morning at their home in Dansoman, Accra, Ghana. The pastor was away from home and is the only member of his family to survive. 

They were buried today at the Methodist University school park. Friends, church members, and family were present to sympathise with Pastor Ato Kessie, the Dansoman District pastor of the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA), over the fire incident which happened at his home on Sunday, August 19th.