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Saturday, May 26, 2018

A Fire At A Private Bank In Kalubowila Damaged A Section Of The Bank Building

Due to a sudden fire occurred in a

Private Bank building in Kalubowila area in the wee hours of this morning(27) a front section of the Bank and the ATM Machine had been damaged according to the Police.

The fire which occurred around 4 a.m this morning was jointly doused by the Fire brigade officials of Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Council and the Police Officers attached to the Kohuwala Police before spreading it further.

The cause of the fire has not yet been revealed.

Two Persons Had Been Drifted Away By The Strong Waves Caused By Heavy Showers

Two Persons had been drifted away
due to strong waves of water caused by heavy showers last friday(25) in Panduwasnuwara-Thorakotuwa-Mangulagama road and Attangalla-Shoe bridge area according reports.

Accordingly a 43 year old Motorcyclist had been drifted away by the strong waves of water overflown from.Kalubulu oya at Panduwasnuwara-Thorakotuwa road.The police and residents of the area have launched a rescue mission to find out the missing person who is s resident of Mangulagama area

In another instance a 31 year old person had been drifted away by strong waves while bathing near a shoe bridge at Karasnagala in Attanagalla area last friday.Search operation has been launched by the residents and the Police to find the disappeared person.

Meanwhile twenty sluice gates of the Thabbowa Tank which were opened last friday(25) due to the rising water levels of the tank, had been closed yesterday (26) as the weather improves.

A Tipper And Express Train Were Damaged Due To A Collision At Omanthai

A Tipper vehicle and a Express train

were damaged due to a Tipper-Train collision at Omanthai,Vavuniya last evening(26).

No one was injured due to the incident taken place at an unprotected railway crossing at Arisamuruppu in Omanthai where a Tipper truck collided with the Express train travelling from.Colombo to Jaffna while attempting to cross the rail track.

At the time of the incident Tipper truck drived had fled away from the scene according to the police.

Due to this incident the Train Journey was delayed.Omanthai Police are conducting an investigations over the incident.

Body Of The Police Officer Who Disappeared While Engaging In Saving Three Family Members Recovered

The body of the 29 year old brave

Police Constable who had drifted away by strong flood waters and disappeared while swimming to save a three members of a same family drifted away by flood waters ar Galvala road in Galmuruwa ,Madampe, had been recovered by the Navy personal this morning(27)ftom.200 meters away from the place of incident.

The Deceased Police Constable was attached to the Madampe Police and had faced this incident on last friday(25).

He was a resident of Giriulla area and arrived at the scene to save three members of a family drifted away by the flood waters ,with a team of Police officers attached to Madampe Police.