Fire in AP facility - October?

[***super_nova***]

Does anybody know if there was a fire in AP facility or truck between 28/9 and 7/10 ?

i bought large amount of poly pellets to put into toys (like in teddy bears), the box was delivered on the 7/10 in Melbourne coming from Brisbane.  I bought them well before I ran out  and only opened the box yesterday. :_|  The pellets have most horrible acrid smoke smell. 

The seller swears that pellets from the same lot, which she still has at home are fine, and i tend to believe her.  I buy most of my supplies from her, and have done for years.  In that case they must have been exposed to fire in transit.

Any ideas?  If not about fires, how to get smoke smell out of plastic.  I cannot really afford to throw out 12 kilos.  😞  washing them and leaving them spread outside in the sun for a day did not do much so far.

[***super_nova***]

Thanks for all the suggestions.  But I am just bit worried that maybe the toxic smell is the plastic "gassing off", it probably is not so noticeable when it is not kept for 6 weeks in totally air tight bag, as this lot was.  But just because it is not as noticeable does not mean it is not harmful.  I have to wonder if these particular beads are manufactured for putting in toys, or if they are, made for another reason?  If they are not specifically made for toys, under the appropriate regulations, there may be other substances in them, not strongly smelly that could be dangerous.  I decided that there is no way I will be using them.

[cornpuff2004]

We actually drove past that truck accident on our way to Queensland. It was still smoldering at the time. It was totally destroyed. Nothing would have survived it. I doubt anyone would have tried to save the contents.