Business as usual for garden centre
Published: 12:24, 30 April 2009
A garden centre, which saw two of its warehouses damaged in a fire, says it is working hard to restore stock for the bank holiday weekend.
Sixty firefighters tackled the blaze at Ruxley Manor Garden Centre on the Swanley Sidcup borded.
The fire began just after 2pm on Sunday, April 26 in two of the centre's warehouses.
The cause of the fire isn't yet known, but the police are not treating it as suspicious.
One of the two warehouses where the blaze took hold was destroyed. All the stock stored in them was lost.
The garden centre on Maidstone Road has not yet been able to confirm the cost of the damage.
The retail area, which includes the giftshop and cafe, was not affected by the flames.
But less than 24 hours after the fire, Ruxley Manor was able to reopen to the public as signs outside confirmed it was 'business as usual'.
The garden centre added that it was now working hard to restore the full choice and range of services to customers as soon as possible.
Spokesman David Leck said: "We've had an incredibly good start to the year, business is actually up.
"The main concern is getting stock replenished for the bank holiday weekend."
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