Sixteen houses damaged in Kotmale fire 
Sixteen houses damaged in Kotmale fire -January 26, 2014
Sixteen houses have been damaged due to a fire erupted in Kotmale, Nuwara Eliya yesterday (25 January) afternoon.
 
The Army and the fire brigade have managed to douse the fire and the 144 residents, who were rescued, have been sent to safe locations.
 
The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) of Nuwara Eliya is expected to take a decision on resettling the displaced.
 
DMC Nuwara Eliya suspects that an electric leakage caused the fire.
 
The Kothmale police are conducting further investigations into the incident.
Fire destroys four acres in Muthurajawela wetland



January 26, 2014

A fire which had erupted in the Pubudugama area in the Muthrajawela wetland was doused by the Pamunugama police with the help of the villagers yesterday.
 
Around four acres of the wetland was destroyed by the fire, the police told Ceylon Today Online.
 
The cause for the fire has not been identified as yet.
 
The Pamunugama police are conducting further investigations into the incident.