Forest fire in Laggala, SLAF deploys helicopter
August 1, 2011 04:21 pm
A forest fire that had started in the Laggala forest of the Knuckles range is rapidly spreading, the Nuwara Eliya District Disaster Management assistant Director Indika Ranasinghe told Ada Derana a short while ago. Meanwhile the Air Force has deployed a Bell 212 helicopter to help douse the fire.