COLOMBO, Sept 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – At least 80 houses were destroyed, due to a fire that broke out in a highly populous area in Colombo, last night, with around 220 people displaced, Sri Lankan police said.
The fire broke out at the Kajeemawatte Flats in Thotalanga, at around 8.00 p.m. (1430 GMT) yesterday, and it took firefighters several hours to get the fire under control. Twelve fire trucks were deployed.
No casualties were reported in the incident, and those affected are housed in community centres and places of worship.
The police are yet to determine the cause of the fire, and the total property damage has not been estimated.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe instructed the President’s Secretary, Saman Ekanayake, to take steps to provide immediate relief to all the residents affected by the fire.
