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Airport vehicle damaged in cracker explosion (Pics)
A group of officers of the Katunayake International Airport Animal and Bird Control Unit were injured when a firecracker shot into the air to drive away birds, misfired and fell into their vehicle.
They had shot the crackers to drive away a flight of birds in the air on the runway.
The three injured bird shooters were admitted to the Negombo General Hospital.
The Airport Duty Officer said the cracker which was shot into the air had failed and fallen into the vehicle and exploded, resulting in the explosion of a stock of crackers inside the vehicle.
He said the vehicle had also been damaged in the explosion.
(dailymirror.lk)
(Pics – Accident1st)
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