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A call centre has been set up to help motorists whose vehicles were destroyed in the HWP fire. Company boss Jonathan Brewin said staff have been struggling to contact some customers as phone lists were burned in the blaze. People are encouraged to ri...

The Ministry of Health yesterday said the situation was “ideal” to prevent the spread of asbestos following the HWP fire. However, members of the public are being warned that they may need to clean out their water tanks if their homes were affected b...

More than 24 hours after the HWP fire began, smoke was still in the air on St John’s Road yesterday. Area residents who spoke with The Royal Gazette expressed concern that chemicals released in the fire could have washed into their water tanks. One S...

A business owner told today how staff grabbed everything of value before fleeing the building they thought would be destroyed in the HWP fire. Karolina DeCosta feared the worst as she saw the “smoke turn to flames” in the HWP showroom just metres fr...

The Ministry of Health said the situation was “ideal” to prevent the spread of asbestos following the HWP fire yesterday. However members of the public are warned they may need to clean out their water tanks if their homes were affected by the plume ...

The remnants of the fire-ravaged HWP building were this morning torn down. A large bulldozer moved in at lunchtime to demolish the front of the HWP building - the only part left after the fire yesterday. Earlier in the morning, droves of people are t...

The Department of Health yesterday warned residents who live near the HWP fire to protect their water supply as thick smoke poured over the area. “Ideally all downpipes that connect the catchments and tanks should be blocked on houses immediately adj...

As others gathered to watch the HWP building burn, Lionel Cann a member of the Salvation Army’s Emergency Response Team, rushed to help. Mr Cann circled the cordoned off area, giving police officers on duty water and masks to help them breathe more e...

More than 100 onlookers watched as the HWP building burned to the ground, belching black smoke as it collapsed. For some, it was merely a spectacle. For others, it marked what could be the end of their employment for now. “It doesn’t look like I’m co...

An HWP worker said he “screamed for his life” as he saw a huge fireball heading towards him in yesterday’s blaze. The sales assistant, who did not want to be named, said he feared for his life and ran out the building as quickly as he could when the ...

When four children saw the HWP fire from the window of their family’s business they huddled together to pray that no one would be hurt. The quick-thinking cousins held hands at Animal and Garden House in Serpentine Road and prayed that “the fire woul...

HWP boss Jonathan Brewin has spoken of the “extremely sad and difficult moment” he had to helplessly stand by and watch the business burn to the ground. The president and CEO of the HWP Group had little choice but to stand on the sidewalk with his s...