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Hope everyone is okay - looks nasty
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TrueBlueTerrier
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Hope everyone is okay - looks nasty
Published on 4 Oct 2014
Dash cam footage of a Royal Mail van on fire, Mottram Moor, Hollingworth Cheshire. 4th Oct 2014. No one hurt and the mail was removed before it caught hold.
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Re: Hope everyone is okay - looks nasty
Crikey, i wonder if the engine overheated or something??
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Re: Hope everyone is okay - looks nasty
if you look closely you will see a damaged Lamp Post on the lhs just before the van.
not 100% that they git it of course, but it's possible as the front of the van does not look square.
have also read elsewhere that all the mail was removed from the van before it caught fire and that the postie is ok. :)
not 100% that they git it of course, but it's possible as the front of the van does not look square.
have also read elsewhere that all the mail was removed from the van before it caught fire and that the postie is ok. :)
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Re: Hope everyone is okay - looks nasty
Looks like they crashed to me. The lamp post is bent infront of the houses and there is loads of debris on the pavement and road. Also the van is backed into a bush.postslippete wrote:Crikey, i wonder if the engine overheated or something??
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Keetz
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Re: Hope everyone is okay - looks nasty
Bet they still had to lapse
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Cut Off King
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Re: Hope everyone is okay - looks nasty
Office Manager : "Well I hope you've snatched the mail out of the burning van, finished your loops and pulled in the lapsing"
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Re: Hope everyone is okay - looks nasty
Cut Off King wrote:Office Manager : "Well I hope you've snatched the mail out of the burning van, finished your loops and pulled in the lapsing"
Last thing on a DOM's mind is the welfare of the people involved. Sod them, more like "how's the mail, did you complete?"
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pants123
Re: Hope everyone is okay - looks nasty
wabbithunta wrote:Cut Off King wrote:Office Manager : "Well I hope you've snatched the mail out of the burning van, finished your loops and pulled in the lapsing"
Last thing on a DOM's mind is the welfare of the people involved. Sod them, more like "how's the mail, did you complete?"
so so true, how sad as the job got, they dont care about its employee's any more...
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Re: Hope everyone is okay - looks nasty
And all that could be heard was "please apply the handbrake"
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Re: Hope everyone is okay - looks nasty
Another few grand down the drain.
Can't think of the last time a bike caught fire!
Can't think of the last time a bike caught fire!
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Re: Hope everyone is okay - looks nasty
I hope he made sure all D2D's was safe from fire damage
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Re: Hope everyone is okay - looks nasty
So true , they don't care about their staff , sad peoplepants123 wrote:wabbithunta wrote:Cut Off King wrote:Office Manager : "Well I hope you've snatched the mail out of the burning van, finished your loops and pulled in the lapsing"
Last thing on a DOM's mind is the welfare of the people involved. Sod them, more like "how's the mail, did you complete?"
so so true, how sad as the job got, they dont care about its employee's any more...
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wabbithunta
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Re: Hope everyone is okay - looks nasty
Probably be classed as a write-off but I bet that they'll cart it back for repairs.
They'll give it a service and knock the dents out, fix it up and put it back on the road too I bet..!
They'll give it a service and knock the dents out, fix it up and put it back on the road too I bet..!
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Re: Hope everyone is okay - looks nasty
I could imagine our manager
me: the vans on fire
dom: can you still finish your delivery
lol
me: the vans on fire
dom: can you still finish your delivery
lol