LAKELAND -- Thousands of pieces of priority mail were destroyed in a truck fire on Interstate 4 Thursday night.
A tractor-trailer, owned by Phoenix Transport and Services, was carrying about 3,600 priority packages mailed in areas of Tampa and Pasco County with ZIP codes beginning with 335, 336 and 346.
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The mishap also closed nearby CSX railroad tracks for two hours, delaying a train hauling packages for one of the Postal Service's main rivals."It carried UPS packages," said Cheryl Edwards, a Lakeland Fire Department spokeswoman.
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