Leather From Hart destroyed by fire
Pietermaritzburg, KZN, SA - Leather From Hart, SA's only remaining heavy leather tannery - making veg-tanned leather in pits and drums - burnt down over the weekend.
Jonathan Munro, director of Cordova Leathers, which is in the same complex in Plessislaer, said the veg plant had been "totally destroyed", but that Cordova, and a wet blue contract tanning operation, were unaffected.
He said the cause of the fire was unknown as the veg plant was not working over the weekend. He didn't know how much work in progress there had been, but nothing had survived.
"It's hard to say when it will be resuming production, but we're putting plans together to resume some operations next month. We're all devastated but in high spirits despite the carnage. ‘The view is always the best from climbing the most difficult mountain’. LFH will rise like the Phoenix from the ashes."
