fire that broke out at a furniture showroom in the Kotagala Town in Hatton has left three shops belonging to the same showroom completely destroyed.
The fire had broken out on the ground floor of the showroom at around 10.00 p.m. last night (March 05), while the shop owner and his wife were staying on the upper floor of the shop, the police said.
The fire was later brought under control by the traders of Kotagala Town together with officers of the Dimbula Pathana Police, troops of the Kotagala army camp and plantation workers.