It is reported that smoke and flames suddenly began spreading from a section of the factory. Shocked by the incident, the workers present at the site immediately evacuated the premises.
The Chief Minister was speaking after inaugurating the new building of the Panur Fire Station online. The service has all the latest equipment such as underwater drones, robo fire fighters, fire tenders, and advanced rescue tenders. A comprehensive change was made in the department after
Seven units of the Fire and Rescue Services from Kannur, Taliparamba, and Thalassery were rushed to the spot and the blaze was extinguished after hours of intense effort, Pavithran PV, Station Officer of the Kannur fire force department said
Kozhikode DFO Ashraf Ali KM mentioned that nearly all fire stations in the area had responded to the fire, which was controlled around 10 PM on Sunday.
A fire broke out at an automobile service centre in Kochi, Kerala. Fire tenders quickly arrived at the scene and brought the blaze under control. More details are awaited.
More than 150 people are injured in a fireworks accidedent in Kerala's Neeleswaram of Kasargod district on Monday midnight, the police said. The injured have shifted to hospitals .
The Director General of the Kerala Fire and Rescue Department, K. Padmakumar, talked about the rescue of a 42-year-old employee today. The man had gone missing in the Amayizhanjan canal near Thiruvananthapuram railway station yesterday morning.
Ward councillor Sudha Suresh said that one person died of his injuries, while the three critically injured persons have been shifted to Kalamassery Medical College.
The incident took place when the firecrackers brought from Palakkad for Puthiyakavu Temple festival were, according to reports, unloaded from a vehicle to the warehouse located near the temple in Puthiyakavu area.