A United States Postal Service truck burst into flames in Freeland on Wednesday, sending the driver scrambling to exit the vehicle and save what he could of the day’s mail.

The mailman, 73-year-old Goss Lake resident Sam Wolfe, wasn’t injured in the incident.

Wolfe was on his afternoon route on Mutiny Bay Road near Robinson Road just after 4 p.m. when he noticed smoke coming from underneath the hood. He pulled over and the smoke was quickly replaced by flames. Within minutes, the front portion of the vehicle was ablaze.

“I was just finishing up my 45-minute route, which is really one of my favorite routes with this nice view,” Wolfe said. “I turned around on Mutiny Bay Road on my way to a few mail boxes, and it just went up.”

Palmer suspects a fuel leak was to blame for the fire. A trail of gas could be seen on Mutiny Bay Road on the route Wolfe typically takes to deliver mail.

source: Mailman saves mail before scrambling from burning truck