Colombo, Sri Lanka, Feb. 25 -- Ministry of Defence and Urban Development issued the following news release:
A fire that broke out in the Maskeliya Nallathanniya Valamale Upper Area Reserve in the Nuwara Eliya District yesterday (Feb 24) was successfully brought under control with the swift intervention of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF).
In response to an urgent request from the Disaster Management Centre (DMC), the SLAF deployed a Bell 412 helicopter from No. 04 Squadron, equipped with a Bambi bucket designed for aerial fire fighting. Acting on the directives of Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd), the aircraft was dispatched from the Ratmalana Air Force Base to assist in extinguishing the blaze.
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