Two firefighters who were deployed to douse a fire in Kollupitiya have been rushed to the National Eye Hospital after sustaining eye injuries, police said.
The incident had occured when the firemen from the Fire Service of the Colombo Municipal Council had attempted to contain a fire that broke out inside a building in R.A.De Mel Mawathe, Kollupitiya.
Seven employees in the building who were in the first floor of the building had heard an explosion following which the fire had broken out, police investigations have revealed.
Accordingly, the employees had notified the Police regarding the fire following which swift measures were taken to douse the fire.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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