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How did the van catch fire?

Thursday, 26 January 2012 11:47

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Four persons were killed including two children, while seven others were injured when a van caught fire on the Elamodhara Bridge on the Kalutara-Horana road this morning. Pictures show the van which sustained extensive damages due to the fire. The reason for the fire is yet to be determined but the police say a petrol can was inside the van at the time of the incident. Pix by Sarath Siriwardena

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-0+19 # The God Father 2012-01-26 12:10

SAD

-4+10 # Lankan 2012-01-26 12:38

is 11 people inside in a small van????

-8+22 # sltk2004 2012-01-26 12:40

How can the police say there was a petrol can inside? Were they able to find the can?

-10+26 # lankaputha 2012-01-26 12:45

Highly suspicious, how come the police is so sure there was a can and it had Petrol ?

-0+2 # Lutronman 2012-01-26 20:47

Quite a lot of vans carry Petrol cans fitted through a tube to feed the engine due to economic reasons! Some vans don't have a working Indicator for fuel, some like to keep track of consumption & so & s forth.

-3+77 # prem 2012-01-26 12:51

Why they were unable come out until death. What were they doing till that/? THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED.

-2+3 # reader 2012-01-26 14:18

if the door was locked may be it malfunctioned when the vehicle caught fire

-0+1 # Lutronman 2012-01-26 20:48

Could have had a deadlock.

-0+3 # piyal 2012-01-26 14:14

Sudden blast may have caused the mayhem yet
this is very rare occurrence - "seven others were injured "
all of them badly injured they could not even pull out those trap inside? If there was petrol can yes possibilities are pretty rife

-1+0 # Lutronman 2012-01-26 20:49

have you heard of a Petrol bomb or a Molotov Cocktail.

-0+6 # reader 2012-01-26 14:26

hmm very sad a bad time for vans

-0+1 # Narayan 2012-01-26 15:34

Time has come to the country to enforce strict law on road worthiness of a vehicle. Some mechanism should be developed to implement the law without any flaw.

-2+3 # DXB 2012-01-26 17:21

How we can ensure Road worthiness vehicles when goverment is collecting 300% tax on vehicle imprts .

-0+1 # fire 2012-01-26 17:19

Some fire extinguishers must be fixed in the van,,bus .

-2+0 # FBI 2012-01-26 17:29

Seems to me like ppl who were already killed may have been torched with the Van.......may be a planned third degree murder.....

-0+1 # Pitta 2012-01-27 02:25

My prayers and thoughts are with the family!

-0+3 # sam 2012-01-27 02:38

this is an another indian vehical got fired on road. please don't buy this cheap indian vehicles. not safe!!! go for a used japanese vehicle.itz more reliable & safe....

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