The National Fire Authority Officials are currently meeting with Executives of Williams and Goslings before the green light is given to enter the premises and carry out a damage assessment.

Chief Executive Officer Fernando Lobendahn said they can only ascertain the cost of damage and establish what was inside the warehouse after their officials are allowed to enter the burnt building.

He said they hope to be able to start the damage assessment by this afternoon.

The fire started at around 6 this morning, with people living in surrounding areas and travelling to work reporting they were seeing huge flames and black smoke coming from Walu Bay.

Some firefighters were returning from containing a fire at the Great Wok of China kitchen in Flagstaff when they came across the fire at the W&G warehouse, which is located close to the NFA headquarters.

Firefighters and trucks then tended to the W&G blaze, controlling it about an hour and a half after it supposedly started.

Investigations continue into how the fire started.

Meanwhile, according to National Fire Authority Chief Executive officer, Jone koroi the damages to Willaim and Gosling could have been minimized if the fire fighters were alerted earlier.  

Koroi said there was no security guard who could have alerted the NFA on the incident.

He adds that from initial observation, the fire started a few hours prior to the arrival of fire fighters.

The fire fighters managed to save three cargo trucks, three containers loaded with goods and three new FEA transformers.