KAKKANAD: Fire broke out in the collectorate building of Kakkanad civil station. Due to the timely intervention of the fire force, major damage was averted.

The fire broke out in the GST office on the second floor of the civil station on Sunday afternoon. It was concluded that the fire started from the table fan in the office. The fire then spread to the switchboard, photostat machine, printer, computer monitor and CPU. Fans, cupboards where files were gutted in the fire.

Since it was Sunday, there were no employees in the office and the doors and windows were closed, which delayed the discovery of the fire. Locals saw smoke rising from the window and alerted the fire department. Thrikkakara Fire and Rescue personnel Paul Shaji Antony, Jeevan Isaac, Abdul Naseer, employees Satheesh, Jose, Ramlal, Amal Raj, Satish and Vijoy participated in the rescue mission.