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.

[carly2579]

there was a truck fire  in melbourne  that killed a   AP  driver could that be it it was around that timeframe too

[carly2579]

Werribee man, 44, dies at scene near Violet Town.

A Melbourne truck driver was killed when his Australia Post B-double collided with a tree and burst into flames on Hume Fwy near Violet Town yesterday morning.

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[carly2579]

oops 

Home Local News Local Sport Bride and Groom Parent Spot What's On Galleries OCTOBER 3, 2012 4:33am Truck driver killed in Hume Freeway crash

Werribee man, 44, dies at scene near Violet Town.

By Tammy Mills

A Melbourne truck driver was killed when his Australia Post B-double collided with a tree and burst into flames on Hume Fwy near Violet Town yesterday morning.

Violet Town police Leading Senior Constable Pat Storer said the south-bound truck, believed to be carrying letters and parcels, ran off the freeway about 2km north of the Violet Town exit about 4.30am.

He said the truck hit a tree and burst into flames.

‘‘The whole vehicle has been destroyed,’’ Leading Sen Const Storer said.

The driver, a 44-year-old man from Werribee, died at the scene.

The south-bound freeway lanes between Benalla and Violet Town were closed for most of yesterday, with traffic diverted at Benalla to Nalinga.

Leading Sen Const Storer said the cause of the crash was under investigation and fatigue was one of the factors being examined.

He urged drivers to be ‘‘extremely careful’’ with their fatigue management.

Leading Senior Constable Pat Storer encouraged anyone who saw the crash or the truck before the incident to phone Violet Town police on 57981316 or Crime Stoppers on 1800333000.

[mccrae2007]

Vinegar can absorb smokey smells.... maybe try putting them in a box with some vinegar in an open jar or other vessel.  But not directly on them, of course

[***super_nova***]

thanks.  Yes, that may very well be it, if it was truck bringing parcels down from interstate. 

I guess, I will just ask the customer service.  Or Alice might pop in.

[***super_nova***]

Or maybe not; going by this picture there was nothing left of the truck or parcels:

http://www.mmg.com.au/local-news/shepparton/truck-driver-killed-in-hume-freeway-crash-1.31325#

unless there was a trailer that did not burn

[jensmanchester-australia]

According to AP it was only International Parcels on that truck.

I had two trackable parcels going from Sydney to Melbourne disappear into thin air at that time so I am not convinced AP have been totally accurate in claiming that only International parcels were affected.

[***super_nova***]

the thing is my parcel arrived looking perfectly intact.

Vinegar is an excellent idea; i could wash them all in it if it works.  it will not hurt them - poly pellets are like little plastic beads, like vinyl, they are OK to wash.  But washing them in hot water and detergent did not do any good.  Probably need soaking.  🙂  Just as if I had nothing better to do than washing 12kg of tiny beads.

[carly2579]

was it  from a  smoke free home some   people   smoke inside