‘Our pipes stock are all 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.

Speaking to the media after the fire broke out, Mr Donkor said he arrived at the office at about 6:45am and was informed that a fire had started at the company’s annex.

The fire then spread towards Duraplast's premises, putting its stock of pipes at risk.