BREAKING NEWS: Mail truck destroyed ~ mail carrier's very close call with death as ruptured gas main fully engulfs postal vehicle in Los Altos Hills California.
Date: August 19, 2010
Time: 3:18 PM
STORY:
Los Altos California // An unsuspecting postal letter carrier on her route delivering mail had a close encounter with death today when her Postal Van stopped in front of a mailbox directly above a ruptured natural gas main. Unknown to the postal worker, construction crews working in the area had earlier severed the gas main and her postal van had directly over the high pressure stream of natural gas. The engine of the van ignited the high pressure stream of gas fully engulfing the postal vehicle and starting trees a blaze. The postal worker in an attempt to save her life jumped from the vehicle directly through the flames and miraculously she was unharmed, but understandably shaken! The ferocious fire continued with intensity and the sound of a 747 jet engine shooting flames 70 feet into the air and melting the Postal vehicle and it's continence into a puddle of molten melted metal and ash.
PACKAGE DETAILS:
Format: HDCAM 16X9
Video: B-Roll.. live gas flames
Two interviews:
(1) Fire Chief: Ron Vega.
(2) PG&E Media Rep: Matt Nauman
TOTAL RUNTIME = 9minutes 28 seconds
TAGS: postal worker, near death, escape, gas explosion, fire rescue, construction accident, scene, USMAIL, fire, emergency, crews, PG&E, Santa Clara Fire Department, Los Altos, Flames, melting, molten, metal, SNG, ENG, NEWS GATHERING, BREAKING NEWS, STRINGER, G.A.P. INTERNATIONAL, Gerard Ange, LIVE-WEB.
Video Journalist: Gerard Ange'
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