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blaze at Govt. Press A warehouse packed with printing chemicals and some inflammable material was totally gutted but reports said millions of ballot papers for the July 10 elections were safe because they had been removed the day before. Government Printer Neville Nanayakkara said last night that the warehouse workers had left around 5.45 p.m. and about half an hour later some workers had spotted the fire. He said employees had worked hard to get most of the gas cylinders, inflammable material and paper out of the way, thus preventing a bigger disaster. But some workers complained that the Fire Brigade had come almost half an hour after the fire was reported and they were short of water. Water was brought in from the Water Board while fire engines of the Air force, Army and the Port also came in to battle the blaze, which was brought under control by about 8 p.m. Police said the extent of the damage was not yet clear while they had not ruled out sabotage. |
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A
major fire erupted at the warehouses of the Government Press last
night and fire engines from the Fire Brigade, the Air Force, the
Army and the port fought long and hard to bring it under control.
