Bristol your parcels will not be coming...

Bristol your parcels will not be coming...

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cossy400

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3,253 posts

190 months

Tuesday 16th April
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13314811/...


Tesla is holding up well to the flames

numtumfutunch

4,852 posts

144 months

Tuesday 16th April
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cossy400 said:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13314811/...


Tesla is holding up well to the flames
Is that a Tesla?

cossy400

Original Poster:

3,253 posts

190 months

Tuesday 16th April
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numtumfutunch said:
cossy400 said:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13314811/...


Tesla is holding up well to the flames
Is that a Tesla?
i thought it looked like one... but now im not so sure.......

MitchT

16,197 posts

215 months

Tuesday 16th April
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If you mean the white SUV, it looks like a Hyundai Tuscon.

Red9zero

7,766 posts

63 months

Tuesday 16th April
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Does this mean my wife won't get a delivery of clothes / shoes / handbags for a few days ? Not sure she will cope laugh

Southerner

1,720 posts

58 months

Tuesday 16th April
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MitchT said:
If you mean the white SUV, it looks like a Hyundai Tuscon.
Agreed!

rohrl

8,845 posts

151 months

Tuesday 16th April
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There are electric car chargers in the car park there, but it’s a bit early to apportion blame for the fire.

I’d expect the company to take a few different steps to keep the business running. They will move some of the sorting done at Avonmouth upstream to their main hubs. They will use the depots closest to Avonmouth to take over some of the sub depots serviced by Avonmouth. There’s a site in Swindon which could be finding itself rather busier than normal. Thirdly, they’ll take new warehouse space and try to get up and running as soon as they can. That’s not easy but any big business has disaster plans.

Sixpackpert

4,686 posts

220 months

Tuesday 16th April
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Hmmmm, that’s probably my M&S delivery burnt to a crisp then!

rohrl

8,845 posts

151 months

Tuesday 16th April
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As they’ve said, there won’t have been much on site. The parcels go out for delivery overnight and in the morning then the trailers full of parcels from the hubs arrive in the afternoon, evening and through the night for sorting. In the middle of the day the depot will have been at its emptiest during the 24 hour cycle. Obviously there will have been some parcels there but it’s nothing like it would have been if the fire broke out 3am.

119

9,291 posts

42 months

Tuesday 16th April
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Is that not a Rangie?

Red9zero

7,766 posts

63 months

Wednesday 17th April
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Local news is saying there was an "electric vehicle" involved.

Electro1980

8,520 posts

145 months

Wednesday 17th April
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rohrl said:
There are electric car chargers in the car park there, but it’s a bit early to apportion blame for the fire.

I’d expect the company to take a few different steps to keep the business running. They will move some of the sorting done at Avonmouth upstream to their main hubs. They will use the depots closest to Avonmouth to take over some of the sub depots serviced by Avonmouth. There’s a site in Swindon which could be finding itself rather busier than normal. Thirdly, they’ll take new warehouse space and try to get up and running as soon as they can. That’s not easy but any big business has disaster plans.
Good businesses might. This is Evri.

gruffalo

7,676 posts

232 months

Wednesday 17th April
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Sixpackpert

4,686 posts

220 months

Wednesday 17th April
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rohrl said:
As they’ve said, there won’t have been much on site. The parcels go out for delivery overnight and in the morning then the trailers full of parcels from the hubs arrive in the afternoon, evening and through the night for sorting. In the middle of the day the depot will have been at its emptiest during the 24 hour cycle. Obviously there will have been some parcels there but it’s nothing like it would have been if the fire broke out 3am.
Yes I know, I deal with couriers every day so know how it works, it was more a tongue in cheek comment.

Although, knowing Evri, anything could happen biglaugh

vaud

52,033 posts

161 months

Wednesday 17th April
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Sixpackpert said:
Although, knowing Evri, anything could happen biglaugh
If it was Evri then all the parcels would have been safely stored in the neighbours bin, on bin day.

QuickQuack

2,359 posts

107 months

Wednesday 17th April
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Southerner said:
MitchT said:
If you mean the white SUV, it looks like a Hyundai Tuscon.
Agreed!
Yep, pretty distinctive rear light clusters.

However, that's just one car. Given their recent record, the likeliest cause of a massive fire is going to be a Land Rover of some description, isn't it? hehe

MitchT

16,197 posts

215 months

Thursday 18th April
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If it's an Evri hub then the culprit could be a parcel containing some cheapo imported product with an Li battery in it and nothing to do with any of the vehicles.

vikingaero

11,119 posts

175 months

Thursday 18th April
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It's just how Evri get rid of their "lost and damaged" parcels.

Sixpackpert

4,686 posts

220 months

Thursday 18th April
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Panic over, my rice cooker was delivered yesterday biggrin