A mother, daughter and son were burned to death due to a house fire in Alayapaththuwa, Anuradhapura.
The mother was aged 30 while the daughter and son were aged 10 and 5 years respectively. The 37-year-old father was admitted to the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital with severe burn injuries.
Police said the house where the victims lived had obtained electricity illegally and in an unsafe manner by connecting wires to a neighbouring house and that a petrol can was also in the premises when the incident occurred.
Further investigations are ongoing.
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Update: Five of the twelve passengers on board the bell 212 aircraft that crashed into the Maduru Oya today, have succumbed to their injuries, the SLAF said.
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