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* Fire engulfs Ampara hospital in Eastern Sri Lanka
Sun, Nov 15, 2009, 12:14 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.

Nov 15, Colombo: A sudden fire inside a medicine storage unit has engulfed the Ampara base hospital in Eastern Sri Lanka, police sources said.

According to the Ampara police, controlling the fire is becoming hard as the fire has spread to the area where the oxygen cylinders are stored.

The hospital confirmed that they have evacuated all the patients from the four-story building.

The hospital staff is attempting to control the fire using water bowsers, police said.

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