28 December 2021 12:00 am Views - 117
By Hiran Priyankara
Another accident caused by a gas leak was reported yesterday from Kurakkanhena in the Kalpitiya police area.
The house belonging to a villager had been gutted due to a gas leak. Police said the house built of planks had been thatched with zinc sheets.
The owner of the house said, just as her daughter lit the gas cooker last morning the gas cylinder developed a gas leak and caught fire. She said the fire spread over the entire house. The owner of the house and her brother had received injuries.
During investigations she told police that the house and all their property including her small boutique had been destroyed.
OIC Kalpitiya Police M.I.S.B. Nishantha and OIC Crime Investigation Branch IP Udaya Kumara are conducing further investigations.