A labelling firm in Essex says they have endured "the hardest week" of their lives after a devastating fire destroyed their warehouse.
Premier Labellers, based in Harwich, lost its entire manufacturing and contract packing facility in the early hours of Sunday, August 16, following a blaze on Stour Road.
The company posted to their Facebook saying: "This post has taken us a few days to write as we've had the hardest week of our lives that we never ever thought would happen.
"Our factory suffered a devastating fire in the early hours of Sunday morning, which unfortunately resulted in the complete and total loss of our entire manufacturing and contract packing factory.
"Thankfully nobody was hurt, but we have lost all machines in build, all of our co-packing equipment, and everything that we have worked incredibly hard to build up over the last 32 years.
"We are still grieving and it's been unimaginably difficult to get through the last few days, but in contrast to this, the support and love we have received from customers, suppliers, friends, family, and strangers has been beyond heart-warming."
More than 35 firefighters tackled the blaze throughout the day to prevent the fire from spreading further.
Premier Labellers has operated from the Bathside Quay site since 2002, manufacturing self-adhesive labelling machines and distributing sleeving machines.
The company was founded in 1994 on a small farm in Harwich and now produces more than 100 machines each year.
Around 50 staff members are believed to have lost their jobs as a result of the fire.
Despite the devastation, the company has already secured a new site 20 minutes from the original location and is working to resume operations.
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The company added: "It's still very raw but rather than sitting around in sorrow, our incredible team have shown up every day since Sunday working incredibly hard to keep Premier alive as much as we can.
"We are hopeful we can get back on our feet, and we will be hosting an open day once we are in a position to do so.
"We have a monumental journey in front of us with a hell of a lot to do in a short space of time, but we want to make this work."
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