{"id":13669,"date":"2016-01-06T09:01:43","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T14:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=13669"},"modified":"2016-01-06T09:01:43","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T14:01:43","slug":"video-texas-postal-vehicle-catches-fire-mail-destroyed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2016\/01\/06\/video-texas-postal-vehicle-catches-fire-mail-destroyed\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Texas postal vehicle catches fire, mail destroyed"},"content":{"rendered":"

TYLER, TX (KLTV) – 1\/05\/16 – Folks in a Tyler neighborhood will be missing some mail Tuesday, after a mail truck caught fire.<\/p>\n

The fire happened around noon in the 1800 block of Holly Lake Circle.<\/p>\n

“When we arrived, the fire was fully involved and we extinguished the fire,” said Captain George Fletcher with the Tyler Fire Department,<\/p>\n

Fire officials say the call came in at 12:20 p.m.<\/p>\n

“I saw smoke out of the dining room window. I came outside and our mail carrier’s truck was on fire,” said resident Debbie Brewer.<\/p>\n

Brewer has lived in the neighborhood for 11 years and says she knows her mail carrier well.<\/p>\n

“This was a fill-in and he was standing in my yard he was quite nervous and upset. He threw out packages but he couldn’t save it all,” Brewer said.<\/p>\n

Postal officials say the vehicle is a total loss. It was carrying about 2,000 pieces of mail and 90% of that was destroyed. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n