A fire struck Chellanam Fishing Harbour on Monday, damaging a few fibre boats, mostly abandoned ones. Thankfully, no injuries were reported. Authorities suspect the fire began when dry leaves and garbage caught sparks near the harbour's southern groyne. "We received an alert around 8.30 p.m. that dry grass in the area had caught fire. Firefighters from Aroor, Club Road and Gandhi Nagar fire stations extinguished the flames in an operation that lasted over two hours," said an officer from the Mattancherry fire station. A police official from Kannamaly station added that only parts of a few boats were damaged in the fire.