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 […]
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) – A U.S. postal service truck caught fire while delivering mail in Mobile on Tuesday. The fire happened in a neighborhood on Mayflower Street just off Airport Boulevard. The mail carrier noticed smoke and got out safely. He also managed to get all of the mail out before the fire spread through […]
Manatee- Three semi-trucks that haul mail were destroyed after the trailers they were hauling caught fire outside a U.S. Postal Service location in southern Manatee County on Wednesday. All three trailers were empty at the time of the fire, so no mail is reported to have been destroyed. Cedar Hammock Fire Rescue was called out […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – If some of your mail doesn’t show up for the holidays, a fiery wreck involving a U.S. Postal Service truck in Gainesville may explain why. The crash happened about 3:30 a.m. in the southbound lanes of Interstate 75 two miles south of Newberry Road, according to Gainesville Fire Rescue. Firefighters answering calls […]
LONDONDERRY, N.H. A letter carrier in New Hampshire barely escaped a burning mail truck. The Eagle-Tribune reports a mail carrier was working in Londonderry Monday afternoon when she smelled an odd odor and stopped the vehicle. Battalion Chief Mike McQuillen says fire started in the truck’s engine and then completely engulfed the vehicle. Officials say […]
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 […]