Kelanitissa oil pipeline ablaze

17 May 2010 09:33 am

A fire broke out when an oil pipeline connecting the Kelanitissa Power Station exploded near the Kelaniya Bridge this afternoon. The fire however was doused by the Colombo Fire Brigade. A spokesman of the Colombo Fire Brigade said that the fire did not cause any serious damage.

However oil from the pipeline was believed to have flowed towards houses close to the area and this resulted in three houses catching fire injuring at least five people, residents said. (SD)