Navy assists to extinguish fire at Kerawalapitiya
 

With the quick reaction into the fire which broke out at Kerawalapitiya in Colombo, Naval fire fighting teams extinguished it totally, yesterday night. ( 5th January ) Just after receiving the information of this mass fire around the garbage dump at Kerawalapitiya, two Naval fire fighting teams were dispatched  to the  location  immediately.

The two fire fighting teams engaged in the task were comprised of 2 officers and 19 sailors. With a great deal of effort, Navy managed the spreading fire and seized it making the area secured.