Plans have emerged for a 106-home development on the site of a demolished business park in Wigan.
16.05.2023 - 06:59 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Brothers are counting the cost of a devastating blaze which ripped through their business, destroying everything inside.
Michael and Mark Morgan believed their company, The Raw Paw Store, had escaped the fire unscathed, until they arrived at work the next day.
Family members have now revealed 'everything was destroyed' - and said Michael and Mark had used their life-savings to launch the business, which specialises in pet food and animal feeds.
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An urgent fundraising appeal has now been launched to help get the brothers back on their feet. Stock also perished as the electricity supply was turned off - and looters went on to raid the site in the aftermath.
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service crews rushed to the Aintree Industrial Park, on Wareing Road, Aintree, Liverpool, early on Monday, May 8 after reports of a fire inside a two-storey building. Crews from six engines arrived at the scene at 5.14am after receiving calls just minutes before.
A spokesperson for the service previously confirmed the building, around 100 by 30 metres in size, was "fully involved in fire". The complex operation saw crews tackle the blaze in multiple locations around the building, including from above with an aerial appliance. It is believed the fire ripped through multiple units within the building.
The fire tore threw the building, but for Michael and Mark's building, the smoke and water damage was too much and everything was destroyed. Their family business was "in ruins".
Partner Rachael Blackwell told the ECHO: "They turned up on Tuesday for work and everything was destroyed.
"They were absolutely devastated, walking into it and seeing it the way it was, having to
Plans have emerged for a 106-home development on the site of a demolished business park in Wigan.
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