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Continue reading the main storyPrisoners set fire to a kitchen and an administrative building

Reports say guards opened fire to restore order and most of the injured are prisoners with bullet wounds.
A local man told the Associated Press there had been disturbances at Welikada (Magazine) jail for several days.
Reports say prisoners want better food and conditions. Police say inmates are angry at moves to curb drug smuggling.
Police spokesman Ajith Rohana said 24 prisoners and four guards had been hurt in Tuesday's violence.

AP quoted a doctor at Colombo National Hospital saying most of the prisoners had gunshot wounds. Three guards had been hit by stones and another had a fractured leg.
None of the injuries was life threatening, Dr Prasad Ariyawansa said.
Pictures from the scene showed soldiers deployed outside the jail as black smoke billowed into the air from inside the complex.
Prisoners are reported to have set fire to a kitchen and an administrative building.
A number of inmates have been demonstrating on rooftops with a banner calling for the prison chief to be removed.
Welikada is a maximum security jail described as Sri Lanka's largest.