61.   An oil depot ignited and the town was engulfed in flames and smoke.

62.   But the president did not visit Dronka, where his government has come under criticism for permitting the construction of an oil depot in the midst of a village.

63.   Coastal Petroleum has set up a regional oil depot.

64.   Meanwhile, police said fire-fighters put out a second fire which erupted in Dronka late Wednesday, also at the oil depot.

65.   Mubarak ordered officials to remove oil depots from populated areas to avoid another Dronka disaster.

66.   Police Inspector-General W. B. Rajaguru said several Tamil rebels who were involved in the attacks on the oil storage depots Friday may still be roaming the streets.

67.   Rebel guerrillas also put pressure on the import of crude oil, as they destroyed a large quantity of fuel in an attack on an oil depot last October.

68.   Suburban residents of the Sri Lankan capital said black rain fell after major fires at two oil storage depots blown up here Friday by Tamil guerrillas.

69.   The casualties at another nearby oil depot, which was also set ablaze in a simultaneous attack, was not immediately known.

70.   The other bomb landed in an oil storage depot slightly injuring one person but causing no significant damage.