Tea warehouse collapse kills seven in Sri Lanka capital
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Published: Feb 13, 2018, 23:58 IST | Updated: Feb 13, 2018, 23:58 IST
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Military personnel were rushed to the private company in the commercial quarter of Grandpass to search for those crushed inside.
An oldteawarehousecollapsed inSriLanka'scapitalkilling at leastseven people on Wednesday, hospital sources said, with some people feared trapped in the rubble.
Police said at least 12 people were inside the building, near the R. Premadasa cricket ground, at the time of thecollapse.
Pushpa Soysa, the head nurse at the National Hospital ofSriLanka, saidsevenbodies were brought to the hospital.
Police, soldiers and firefighters were searching for those believed trapped, television pictures showed.
The reason for thecollapsewas not immediately clear.