date:Sep 12, 2012
en caused to the factory, production was not disrupted.
Thornton, who was in charge of the fire brigade team, said the incident was caused by an 800kg pallet of noodles that were packed in about 40 plastic bags when they were still hot. They arrived at Cofresh on Friday August 17 and were rejected. But the pallet was left inside the factory to await collection on the Monday.
Over the weekend the noodles began to heat melting the plastic surrounding them. The plastic acted as an accelerator ca