Fire in Dutch UPS-center during weekend - Brown Cafe

dutchups · 07-27-2009, 02:47 AM

Hello, this weekend there was a fire in a UPS-center in the Netherlands.
I`ve posted a few foto`s.

Although there is severe damage to the building, pkgcars and pkgs.

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- Service continued this morning from another building!!!! -
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klein · 07-27-2009, 03:50 AM

Wow.. looks like they'll be driving rental vehicles for a while !
Awesome vehichles there (mercedes). WOW !
But rollers, and no belts... thought Holland is better then that.

Good luck. I hope they clean it up fast so you can go back to work.
But, I do know Europe, you'll get paid, without taking any vacation days, right ?

dutchups · 07-27-2009, 12:43 PM

Update:

25 pkgcars lost

app 3000 pkgs lost

klein · 07-27-2009, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by dutchups

Update:

25 pkgcars lost

app 3000 pkgs lost

Are you working there today ? Doing clean-up work ?
Did any cars go out ?
How many drivers and inside workers gone home ?

And any clue, how the fire started ?

Tiny Panda · 07-28-2009, 03:42 PM

Its those damn Ivecos, pieces of crap

Failure Boy · 07-30-2009, 12:52 PM

Damn, looks pretty ugly !
No more P47, i would hate to have to drive replacement cars...

Which area of NL do they deliver ?
I know Netherlands pretty good, now...

yoshi007 · 07-30-2009, 09:58 PM

Oh no...that is too bad!
That hurts...:-/

BLACKBOX · 08-05-2009, 06:35 PM

That third pic was incredible! Total wipe out. What could've started that?

Hoaxster · 08-05-2009, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by BLACKBOX

That third pic was incredible! Total wipe out. What could've started that?

Looks like a Dutch Oven.

christian c · 08-11-2009, 03:06 PM

The only dutch oven i know of is when you are in bed with a girl, fart, and hold the covers tight over her.

Tiny Panda · 08-13-2009, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by christian c

The only dutch oven i know of is when you are in bed with a girl, fart, and hold the covers tight over her.

Normal night for me then

Eclipz · 08-16-2009, 10:25 AM

You know what really sucks? I'm working at UPS Amsterdam and not that long ago we had to trade in all our new Mercedes for the older models with UPS Best cause of stricter/cleaner exhaust issues over there (that's what we've been told anyway). I'm glad no one got injured but it makes you kinda mad knowing that they've wasted some good package cars.

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Originally Posted by Failure Boy

Damn, looks pretty ugly !
No more P47, i would hate to have to drive replacement cars...

Which area of NL do they deliver ?
I know Netherlands pretty good, now...

They're covering the south east part of the Netherlands. (Brabant and Limburg)

UPSviking · 10-26-2009, 03:00 PM

Are you guys also being told to drive ALL the Iveco´s out of the center every night....?

Failure Boy · 10-27-2009, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Eclipz

I'm working at UPS Amsterdam

When I'm in Amsterdam, I often wonder how the Brown Guys deliver the canals area & tiny streets...I mean, can you even park your vehicule ?

Pretty scenery to walk around, but I'd go just mad to deliver there, man...

BLACKBOX · 10-30-2009, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Failure Boy

but I'd go just mad to deliver there, man...

We all end up this way. It's no different on our side of the world.

UPS UK · 11-05-2009, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Tiny Panda

Its those damn Ivecos, pieces of crap

True... true...

packagemanuk · 11-07-2009, 01:04 PM

Our whole P80 fleet are Ivecos at SOU, Eastleigh have the bull-nosed P80s and P75s, plus a few of our old 'stock'.

Most appear reasonably reliable, there are a couple of lemons though which always seem to be mentioned whenever there's a breakdown!