Three persons have died while another person has been hospitalised with injuries following an earth slip at Dombemada in Rambukkana Divisional Secretariat area in Kegalle District this morning (09).
The District Secretary said that a mother and two daughters, aged 08 and 14, have been reported dead and the father has been admitted to hospital.
The Disaster Management Center (DMC) earlier said that four persons were suspected to have been inside the house at the time of the incident.
All four of them were feared dead, as their entire house was completely covered in debris following an earth slip. However, one of the occupants, the father, had been alive when rescued.
He was immediately rushed to Rambukkana Hospital by rescuers and later transferred to Kegalle Hospital.
DMC said that a team of army personnel have been deployed in the area.
