Kerala: Fire guts plywood manufacturing unit in Kannur

Kannur: A plywood manufacturing unit in Keriad in Chirakkal in Kerala’s Kannur district was gutted on Thursday in a major fire, police said.

The incident occurred this morning at the Century Plywood manufacturing company.

Raw materials, machinery, and the building were completely destroyed in the fire.

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.

There were no workers present in the factory during the time of the incident, the official said who added that a preliminary assessment suggested that the fire may have started from waste materials.

In December last year, a massive fire had broken out at a plastic manufacturing unit in Thalassery in Kannur district.

Previously, in October last year a fire at the KV Complex in Taliparamba in Kannur gutted over 50 shops, causing extensive property damage.