NewsThe factory manager and senior laboratory controller at the rubber factory in Horana where five people were killed last week, were remanded further in custody till April 27 today by the Acting Horana Magistrate. Five people died and over 30 others were hospitalized on April 19 due to an accident at the factory. A worker who was cleaning an ammonia tank at the factory had become unconscious and fallen into the tank. Fellow employees and area residents who tried to save him had also been overcome by the toxic fumes, resulting in four more deaths.

Source: Sunday Times April 25, 2018 05:48 UTC