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The blaze broke out at Super Smart Service in Cley Road, Norton Canes, on May 9, with flames seen coming from the building at around 6.15am.
Residents were urged to close their windows and all nearby businesses were evacuated, as crews from three of the region’s fire services were called to help.
It was confirmed by police that no-one had been injured in the blaze.
Large plumes of smoke erupted from the building and billowed across the skies for miles.
There were sightings in Lichfield, Wolverhampton and even further afield.
Firefighters worked around the clock and eventually extinguished the fire four days later.
A month has now passed since the warehouse was ravaged in the fire, yet many questions still remain unanswered.
Among them are what caused the blaze, which Staffordshire Police confirmed on May 22 was still yet to be determined by fire investigators.
The statement added that “no suspicious circumstances had been found” and demolition at the site had been planned, but it was “still not safe” to go inside”.
It is also still unclear what happened to the items that lay inside the building which were destined for delivery.
Super Smart Service used the large warehouse on the Kingswood Lakeside Employment Park as its main office.
The firm, a ‘distribution solutions group’, works with delivery company giants including Evri, Yodel, Royal Mail, dpd, and UPS, along with household brands like eBay and Amazon.
A spokesman for Evri however previously said the fire had “no impact” on its operations.
Now a shell of what it once was, delivery trucks can still be seen parked outside of the warehouse a month after it was destroyed in the fire.
Whilst the building is still standing, it has been severely damaged, evident in its roof which appears to have caved in.
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