A fire has broken out this afternoon (14) in an apartment on the fourth floor of a residential apartment complex located in the Castle Lane area of Bambalapitiya.
Four fire engines belonging to the Colombo Municipal Council were deployed to bring the fire under control.
Bambalapitiya Police suspect that an electrical short circuit may have caused the fire.
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