RUBIDOUX, Calif. (KABC) — A mail carrier in Rubidoux jumped into action to save packages after his truck caught fire on Christmas Eve. The fire broke out on Razor Way in Rubidoux, just north of the 60 Freeway Tuesday. The carrier said he was waiting for a tow after his truck broke down when it […]
A U.S. Postal Service vehicle making rounds on Christmas Eve, Tuesday, Dec. 24, caught fire in Jurupa Valley and was destroyed, but the driver escaped uninjured. The fire was reported about 11 a.m. in the 2800 block of Razor Way, near Hall Avenue, according to the Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department. The blaze apparently started […]
Mail trucks are burning at an alarming rate, and the only people who seem to think it’s a problem are the letter carriers who must drive the aging vehicles. Twenty-six of the U.S. Postal Service’s aging Grumman LLV delivery trucks have caught fire so far this year, according to a tally by Postal Times. That […]
9/21/18 Montgomery County Fire Rescue units responded to a fire in a U.S. Postal Service truck on Friday afternoon. According to MCFRS senior spokesman Pete Piringer, arriving fire rescue units encountered a fully involved mail truck and quickly extinguished the fire. The postal service worker in the vehicle was able to escape the fire without […]
11/26/17 SAN PABLO, Calif. (KTVU) – We’re getting reports of a mail truck crash off the freeway in San Pablo. KTVU’s Jesse Gary just arrived on scene. Officials say they are unsure of the cause, but the truck did hit a pole and crashed. The female mail carrier driving the truck is suffering from minor […]
The postal service mail truck that caught fire earlier this week on Highway 12 in Wayzata was the latest to light up the night sky following an alarming trend around the country. In this case, traffic management cameras captured the flames. The carrier escaped the truck with injury, but the postal service said three containers of outgoing […]
Some Madera County residents aren’t going to get their mail. The reason: It got turned to ash when the delivery truck caught fire. A U.S. Postal Service spokeswoman Meiko Patton said a truck caught fire while delivering mail in Madera Ranchos on Wednesday. While the mail carrier was able to escape uninjured, the mail on […]
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 worker was unhurt Tuesday when fire ripped through a delivery truck as it made its way through a Wake Forest neighborhood, town officials said. Fire crews were called to the intersection of Heritage Lake Road and Heritage Heights Lane shortly after 7 a.m. Crews extinguished the blaze by 7:10 a.m., […]