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No. Bottle bombs happen because you have excess CO2 being made. CO2 comes from only 1 source, sugar. Which in beer making is in the wort and in the sugar you add for bottling as long as you have reached the end of fermentation (stable gravity for 2-3 days) and add the correct amount of sugar...

Just an FYI, bottles will either explode in the first day or two or they won't.

Ahh those pesky strains of yeast that make methanol!

Free sulfur in solution won't inhibit yeast like it will bacteria. But umm you might have a problem with the plastic, what type of plastic is it? Mind you, general rule of thumb is dump boiled water in the bucket for 2 days, seal and taste the water after 2 days.

I'd strongly recommending tasting your fruit before using it in your beer. Depending on how sweet and how strong of a flavor modulate your hops. Also if you ever brew darker beers and add fruit given the flavors involved you may want to increase or decrease the roast of your grains. I did a...