Cleaning up of building destroyed in fatal fire complete
The government has said a thorough investigation will be conducted into the incident.
Housing ministry on Monday announced that the clean-up work of M. Nirufehi, which was completely burned in a fire that broke out in the wee hours of 9 November, has been completed.
The public works department of the ministry started the work of cleaning and demolishing a large portion of the building that had caught fire and taken damage on 11 November.
The AMS garage on the ground floor of the labour quarter building was completely gutted, while a portion of the roof had collapsed on the second floor. Police had reported that a human foot was found while cleaning the house and collecting the charred debris, but had refused to divulge any further details.
The house was being cleaned by the police last week, police said. They added that the more clarity they could find, the more they would get to know about the incident.
The fire broke out in the building from the illegally operated garage on the ground floor of Nirufehi house, which is located at the junction of Iskandhar Magu and Koarukendi Magu. The fatalities were:
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Eight Indians - five men and three women
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Two Bangladeshis - a woman and a man
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All the bodies have been repatriated
A migrant man who was critically injured in the incident was on ventilator support at IGMH, but his condition has improved and he was shifted to the ward on Saturday night.
Authorities are yet to comment on the cause of the fire, but the government has said a thorough investigation will be conducted into the incident.
