Mail Truck Catches Fire

TYLER — It has been said of the U.S. Postal Service, “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” But it says nothing about a postal truck on fire. A Tyler mail truck caught fire Tuesday afternoon on Holly Lake Circle. The Tyler Fire Department responded to the blaze shortly after 12:15. The truck was carry around 2,000 pieces of mail, around 90% of which was destroyed. No injuries were reported. No word on how the fire started.