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Fire at Finance Ministry caused by electrical short-circuit

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It is suspected that an electrical short-circuit may have caused the fire that broke out yesterday (17) on the second floor of the Ministry of Finance in the old Parliament Building in Colombo.

The Ministry of Finance said that the fire broke out at around 3 pm yesterday in the National Budget Department located on the second floor.

Three fire trucks of the Colombo Municipal Council’s Fire Service Department were dispatched to extinguish the fire.

The damage caused by the fire has not yet been assessed and the police have launched an investigation into the incident.

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