CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) – A US Postal truck caught fire on Saturday afternoon, resulting in destruction of the vehicle as nearly half of the frame had been consumed by the flames in a Steele Creek neighborhood in Charlotte. Eyewitness reports state that the driver was able to exit the vehicle safely and retrieve the mail […]
8/7/17 RIDGELAND, MS (Mississippi News Now) –A United States postal truck caught fire in Ridgeland around lunchtime Monday. The vehicle was parked at a red light at the intersection of Pear Orchard and Lake Harbour. The driver was able to get out of the car without any injuries. source: Postal truck catches fire in Ridgeland
2/24/17 This was a mail truck here in Statesville (North Carolina). The carrier is fine and was able to get all the mail out
2/20/2016 Mail truck catches fire near Cheyenne, Rancho Las Vegas, NV – A mail truck caught fire in the northwest part of the valley Saturday afternoon. The mail truck was destroyed in the fire. There is no word yet on any injuries or a cause of the fire. via KTNV-TV
A truck fire at a post office in Bucks County Thursday morning was caught on camera. The fire started about 7:30 a.m. in the parking lot of the U.S. Post Office located at 1050 Street Road in Southampton, Bucks County. It was not immediately known what was inside of the truck. There were no reports of any […]
Trucks on fire: USPS Long Life Vehicles outlive their lifespan With over 211,000 vehicles, the Postal Service operates the largest civilian fleet in the world. About 190,000 vehicles are used to collect and deliver the mail, and about 140,000 of them are Grumman-built Long Life Vehicles (LLVs), the iconic postal trucks that are a ubiquitous presence […]
Akron, Ohio – The driver told newsnet5.com that she was transporting the delivery truck for maintenance when it began to smoke and caught fire. via Mail truck catches fire along Interstate 76 in Akron, slowing the morning rush
Paris, TX Postal Truck Lost in Fire January 23, 2015 – Fire destroyed a Paris Post Office delivery truck Thursday afternoon but the letter carrier was able to save the mail. Firefighters responded to a vehicle fire in the 3200 block of Robin Road shortly before 2 p.m. to find the mail truck ablaze, according […]
11-21-2014 – On Friday Lisandra Colon, a rural carrier associate (RCA) in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico noticed smoke coming from the dashboard of her mail truck (LLV). She “tried to take letters and packages from the rear of the vehicle, but the entire vehicle suddenly was on fire, and the mail could not be removed. […]