Australia Post Freight goes up in smoke as trailer is destroyed on the 2nd May 2014

[pcdisposals_au]

THE contents of a carriage on an Australia Post truck have been lost in a spectacular fire on the Pacific Hwy at Swan Creek New South Wales on the 2nd of May 2014

About 6am Friday emergency crews were called to the scene just north of Grafton.

It is believed a passing motorist saw the trailer alight and alerted the driver who could not see the fire through the thick fog.

The truck driver pulled up on the side of the highway and managed to unhook the cabin and front carriage before the fire spread.

He attempted to put out the fire with a small on-board extinguisher until emergency crews arrived.

The highway was closed for just over an hour and reopened at 7.30am after the blaze was put out.

Swan Creek resident Bruce Hall said he heard a few strange noises out the front house but thought nothing of it until a second loud explosion.

"I heard a boom, but thought it was nothing because that's just part of living on the highway - you hear strange noises," Mr Hall said.

"But a few minutes later I heard another boom and so I stuck my head out of the window and saw a truck up in flames.

"The booms were the tyres exploding."

http://www.northernstar.com.au/news/truck-fire-near-grafton-forces-closure-pacific-hig/2246525/

If you have any missing frieght contact 131318 or email reciepts with claim to the back office team @ nccccustomerupdates@auspost.com.au

[gkam2]

The driver stopped the truck beside  a power pole so the power co. shut the power of to over 900 rural properties, we were one of them. The Police closed the Pacific H/way at Swan Creek between Ulmarra and Grafton holding up all those people who work in Grafton, my wife included. If locals had been advised by the local radio station they could mostly have avoided the area and taken back roads, the incident occured just across the road from the radio station transmitter.

[mbselections00]

Thanks so much for this info. good to know as I hadn't heard about this incident here in Brissie, and hope I had no orders on board !!  So far no Non-Receipt claims, but sometimes Buyers are frustratingly over patient.

Cheers