Major fire at textile shop in Kozhikode city

A major fire broke out at a textile shop in Kozhikode city on Tuesday evening (February 17). No casualty has been reported so far. This is the second such incident at Jayalakshmi Silks, where a similar incident had happened on April 1, 2023, in which losses worth crores of rupees were reported.

Fire and Rescue Services department personnel trying to douse flames at a private textile shop in Kozhikode on February 17.
| Photo Credit:
K. Ragesh

The fire is reported to have happened around 6.10 p.m. Without losing time, the Fire and Rescue Service department personnel tried to douse the flames that spread from the second floor to the third floor of the building situated on Kallai Road.

At least five units were deployed to extinguish the fire. The staff told the media that they first noticed smoke coming out of the godown on the first floor, and subsequently, all the staff and the shoppers were shifted to safer places. Traffic on the busy road was regulated. Vehicles parked on nearby Annie Hall Road were forcibly pushed to other places to make way for the fire engines.