USPS vehicle catches fire in Menlo Park destroying mail

Saturday, November 18, 2017
MENLO PARK, Calif. -- A United States Postal Service vehicle caught fire in Menlo Park Friday.

Firefighters responded at 12:09 p.m. to a report of a vehicle fire in front of 251 Oakhurst Place and located a mail carrier vehicle on fire.
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The postal agent was able to escape the vehicle and was not injured in the incident, firefighters said.

Firefighters were able to put out the fire in about 15 minutes.
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The mail inside the vehicle was transferred to another carrier.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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