Sudden fire at the Ministry of Finance extinguished

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By: Staff Writer

Colombo (LNW): A sudden fire erupted at the Ministry of Finance due to an electrical short circuit earlier yesterday (16 Aug) has been completely doused, ministry sources confirmed.

A fire has reportedly broken out on the second floor of the Ministry of Finance.

Accordingly, a fire has broken at the second floor of the Ministry of Finance located in the Old Parliament building in Colombo.

However, the fire brigade has taken prompt action to extinguish the fire with the support of fire fighters and it has already deployed several fire engines at the location to douse the flames, several officials of the ministry said.

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