Textile showrooms warehouse catches fireplace in Coimbatore

In the second incident reported in a month, a warehouse situated on the terrace of a textile showroom in Coimbatore caught fireplace early on Wednesday morning (October 22, 2025).

The fireplace was reported at Maha Sree Laxmi Silks on Oppanakara Street, one of many busiest buying areas within the metropolis.

The Fire and Rescue Services acquired an alert at round 5.30 a.m. Water tenders from Coimbatore North, Coimbatore South, and Kovaipudur stations had been despatched to the spot together with firefighters. An aerial ladder platform and a water tanker had been additionally delivered to the spot.

District Fire Officer P. Pulukandi and Additional District Fire Officer G. Ramachandran oversaw the firefighting operation.

Though the flames had been extinguished by 6.30 a.m., firefighters continued to spray water on the warehouse from the aerial ladder platform to chill the material supplies broken within the fireplace. Mild showers that the town acquired within the morning additionally decreased the depth of the hearth. No one was contained in the constructing when it caught fireplace, the explanation for which is but to be ascertained.

Traffic alongside Oppanakara Street was disrupted for round two hours because of the fireplace.

Mr. Ramachandran mentioned the warehouse that caught fireplace was made from tin sheets on the terrace of a two-storey constructing. An analogous warehouse of a textile showroom on the terrace of a industrial constructing on the close by Big Bazaar Street was broken in a fireplace on September 28.

“Such warehouses made from tin sheets will be seen on terraces of many buildings within the metropolis. In addition to stocking supplies, they’re additionally used as a eating house for workers. They even have LPG stoves and different preparations,” mentioned a Fire and Rescue Services official.

District Collector Pavankumar G. Giriyappanavar visited the spot and held discussions with Mr. Pulukandi. The Collector directed him to expedite the hearth security audit of buildings in previous market areas within the metropolis, like Oppanakara Street and Big Bazaar Street, which he had ordered after the hearth on September 28.