Bodies of fire victims sent to Sri Lanka

Bodies of three Sri Lankans who were burnt to death in a fire last Wednesday were flown home last night.

Five of the nine occupants of a room were perished in the fire that destroyed everything in their dwelling. Two others had been admitted to the hospital with severe burns while two others escaped by jumping off the window.

The mortal remains of Thushitha Ananda Abeywickrama of Ambilipitiya; Roshan Thushitha Kumara of Akurassa and Niula Lakshman Ekanayaka alias Nimal from Chilaw were taken by a SriLankan flight (UL201), which left Doha at 9.40pm last night. It is scheduled to arrive in Colombo at 5am today.

The Sri Lankan embassy “managed to get the support of the relevant Qatari authorities and the media” to expedite matters with regard to the fire accident,” said charge d'affaires A Dharmakulasingham yesterday.
“The exceptional co-operation extended by the relevant Qatari authorities enabled this mission to despatch the bodies,” he said. The Qatari sponsor of the three Sri Lankans, who bore the expenses of sending the bodies, also donated money for the funeral rites.

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