Around twenty three persons were received burn injuries and hospitalized six in a critical condition due to a fire broken out at a five storied retail apperal shop building in second cross street in Pettah(colombo) this morning (27) .
The injured were admitted to the Accident service of the Colombo National Hospital for treatment and six of the injured had been admitted to the Intensive care unit (ICU) of the Accident service it has been revealed.Ninteen of the injured including 11 males,and 08 females were still in the wards receiving treatment .The Colombo fire brigade had deployed 11 fire trucks to contain the blaze and the fire fighters had taken more than two hours to douse the fire according to reports.Sri lanka Army,Sirforce and Police had helped the fire fighters in this regard.
According to the authorities the fire was occurred due to an electric generater caught fire when an attempt was made to burn coconut husks using petrol .
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