A major fire broke out at a textile showroom in Kozhikode city on Tuesday evening. The blaze originated from the three-storey Jayalakshmi Silks building , Kallai Road, near the Kozhikode railway station, where a similar incident had happened on April 1, 2023, in which losses worth crores of rupees were reported.
Immediately after the fire was reported to have broken out at 6 pm, four units of the Fire and Rescue Services reached the spot and initiated efforts to douse the flames that spread from the second floor to the third floor of the building. Additional fire engines have been deployed from different parts of the district as flames continue to spread.
Luckily, no one was injured in the incident as authorities and showroom staff managed to evacuate shoppers and employees immediately after smoke was noticed on the first floor.
The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.