Sri Lankans return to cooking with firewood as economy burns


In this picture taken on March 15, 2022, a woman uses firewood to cook food at a hotel in Colombo. – AFP

AS once relatively wealthy Sri Lanka suffers a dire economic crisis with shortages of everything from medicines to gas, people are returning to cooking with firewood.

The switch began at the beginning of the year when more than 1,000 kitchens exploded across the country, killing at least seven people and injuring hundreds more.

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