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A Mail Truck Catches Fire and Rolls Down a Neighborhood Street

A mail truck on a street in Kansas City, Missouri suddenly burst into flames, and went rolling backwards until it came to a stop in somebody’s yard. The truck had…

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – FEBRUARY 18: U.S. Postal Service mail vehicles sit in a parking lot at a mail distribution center on February 18, 2015 in San Francisco, California. The Postal Service is looking to replace their aging fleet of mail delivery vehicles as their current trucks are becoming too small to meet the needs of their growing package delivery from large e-commerce vendors. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

A mail truck on a street in Kansas City, Missouri suddenly burst into flames, and went rolling backwards until it came to a stop in somebody's yard.

The truck had been stuck in the snow and the driver was spinning the wheels trying to get it going.  Something overheated, which caused it to catch fire.  The Postal Service said the driver's okay.