All our pipe stock is gone — Duraplast Marketing Manager counts losses after Avenor fire
Duraplast has lost its entire stock of pipes after an early-morning fire gutted a warehouse at the company’s facility in the North Industrial Area at Avenor, Accra, with the company’s Marketing Manager, Emmanuel Donkor, blaming the intensity of the blaze partly on illegal structures behind its premises and revealing that the facility’s fire hydrants were empty.
Duraplast, a pipe manufacturer, has suffered substantial losses after a warehouse fire at their Avenor facility gutted their entire stock of pipes. Emmanuel Donkor, the company's Marketing Manager, blames the intensity of the blaze, in part, on illegal structures located behind Duraplast's premises and the absence of operational fire hydrants.
Upon arriving at the scene around 6:45 am, Donkor, along with colleagues, contacted the fire service, but two initial fire engines were unable to control the rapidly spreading flames. The company had hydrants on site, yet they were empty when the incident occurred, prompting them to seek assistance from Ghana Water. The illegal structures near Duraplast's facility, which started the fire, compounded efforts to contain the blaze.
Despite a forklift being used to remove some pipes, the fire inflicted significant damage, rendering Duraplast's pipe stock "gone" and describing the losses as "enormous." The cause of the fire remains unknown.
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