Fire breaks out at five places, including furniture manufacturing unit, in state on Sunday

MALAPPURAM/KOZHIKODE/THRISSUR: Fire broke out at five places in the state, including two two-storey buildings, a waste storage facility and a furniture manufacturing unit. No one is hurt. The fire broke out in Malappuram, Kozhikode and Thrissur districts.

The fire broke out in an old two-storied building near the Kozhikode's Thamarassery old bus stand and on the roof of a two-storied house in Nadapuram. Fire broke out in a building containing two bakeries in Thamarassery on Sunday morning. The building was completely gutted. The fire department extinguished the fire. A fire broke out on the roof of a two-storey house run by Ashraf at Neerkarimbu near Nadapuram on Saturday night. There were people in the house, but no one was hurt. The fire department extinguished the fire.

A fire broke out at the waste management centre at Tirur Pottilathara in Malappuram and at the waste storage center at Karimadam in Thenjipalam's Devathiyal. Thousands of tonnes of waste collected at the municipality's disposal centre were burnt at Pottilathara. The fire broke out at around 1 pm yesterday. The reason is unclear. Efforts to put out the fire with five fire brigade vehicles are continuing till late at night. The smoke from here is creating health problems for the local residents. The fire broke out at the garbage storage centre of Thenjipalam panchayat at 3 am on Sunday. 15 tonnes of inorganic waste in two buildings were burnt. The fire was extinguished by noon.

A fire broke out at the Veerampulli furniture manufacturing unit in Thrissur Chovvur causing a loss of Rs 20 lakhs. Beds, sofa sets and cupboards were burnt. The fire broke out at 3 am on Sunday. The firm is owned by Jose, a native of Chovvur. The initial assessment is that the cause is a short circuit. Three fire force units brought the fire under control after three hours of effort without it spreading to the nearby furniture showroom.