A massive fire which broke out in the early hours of Wednesday destroyed a joinery and steel business in the Vaitele industrial area.

The Polynesian Woodwork and Pacific Steel Company Ltd was completely destroyed with the authorities still investigating the cause of the fire.

First responders from the Samoa Fire and Emergency Services Authority (S.F.E.S.A.) responded to a call around 1am and managed to contain the fire within the company's premises and stopped it from spreading to neighbouring buildings.

In an interview with the Samoa Observer, S.F.E.S.A Commissioner, Tanuvasa Petone Mauga confirmed that investigations are still ongoing and that no one was injured.

"It is confirmed that early Wednesday morning a carpentry and joinery factory which belongs to the Keil family, one of the Keil brothers was damaged by fire," he said.

"The origin of the fire hasn't been established yet and it was early hours of the morning.

"The factory has been badly affected by the fire but we managed to contain the fire within that property and save the nearby buildings and factories. It happened around one in the morning."

Tanuvasa said if the fire had spread to neighbouring the it would've affected nearby factories such as the British American Tobacco and other nearby companies which are metres away from the building.

"But as I said before, the firefighters team got there early and managed to contain the fire from reaching its neighbours otherwise it would've affected other businesses close to it," Tanuvasa added.

Samoa Observer visited the fire scene on Wednesday afternoon. It was seen that the walls of the building which used to formerly house Samoa Observer and then the Senese Inclusive Education were slightly damaged.

Attempts to get a comment from the owners of the company were unsuccessful.

Meanwhile, the affected business is a joinery and steel business which manufactures mesh wire as well as wooden furniture using both local and overseas supplies.

They are well known for manufacturing and building church pews, desks, dining sets, TV stands, bed bases, doors, stools, shoe racks, and other furniture.