FIERY FALL OUTS
In an eco-degrading similarity with the.-, gulf war, oil fires in Sri Lanka are proving to be a health~ hazard. Recent bombings by the LTTE , re.bels has set all fo":r oil storage tanks W1th a storage capacIty of nearly 90,000 tonnes of crude, at tIle Orugodawatte complex m Colombo on fire. The fire would pollute the atmosphere with carbon particles which could result in throat and . lung infections and also result in black rain according to V U Ratnayake, director-general of the Centre Environment Authority.