Kannur, Oct. 9 -- A massive fire that broke out at a four-storey commercial complex building 'KV Complex', near the Taliparamba Municipal bus stand here, fully gutted ten shops while many others were partially gutted in the fire this evening.
No casualty was reported. The District Fire officer confirmed that no one was trapped in the fire in any of the shops.
The fire was reported around 5:15pm and one dozen (12) fire tenders from Kannur and Kasaragod districts rushed to the spot and doused the fire around 8pm.
Eyewitness said, a spark from a transformer near one of the shops led to the fire and it spread to the mobile shops, textile shops and footwear shops within the KV Complex.
Around 43 shops were functioning in the four-storey KV c...