Word is in this morning from ASOS plc on the fire which broke out at 9.50pm on Friday at its Barnsley Distribution Centre. At 31st May 2014 the business held £159m of stock (at cost) with some 70 per cent being held in Barnsley and estimates that some 20 per cent has been compromised by the fire and sprinkler systems. However none of the technology, automation or structure of the building has been affected and following a weekend-long clean up ASOS began to take orders again at 2am this morning (Monday 23rd June).
South Yorkshire Police has commenced a criminal enquiry into the incident.
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