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title: "So far 17 deaths in fuel queues in Sri Lanka #FuelCrisisLK"
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date: 2022-07-22
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# So far 17 deaths in fuel queues in Sri Lanka #FuelCrisisLK

The number of deaths in fuel queues in Sri Lanka has increased to 17. 

A 70 year old has died due to a stampede while trying to obtain fuel from a filling station in the Mathugama - Pelawatte area. 59-year-old man from Kinniya had died after collapsing while in a queue for fuel.