One dead as fire breaks out at shop in Sangaraja Mawatha
March 24, 2021 08:57 am
[UPDATED]: One person is reported dead after a fire broke out in a shop at Sangaraja Mawatha in Maradana this morning (March 24).
Five fire engines from the Fire Brigade which were deployed to the scene have doused the flames.
Police said the fire is believed to have originated from a gas cylinder that exploded in the kitchen of the eatery.
One person who was inside the shop at the time had died in the fire.
The deceased was identified as a 46-year-old who hailed from Balapitiya area.
