A surreal video shows a US Postal Service worker delivering mail to houses in a California neighborhood devastated by wildfires.
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Surreal video shows postal worker delivering mail in fire-ravaged California neighborhood
"I watched him go to a half dozen mailboxes … It was like I was seeing something he wasn't seeing," drone photographer Douglas Thron said.
Drone photographer Douglas Thron said he was filming the destruction in Santa Rosa, California, when he noticed a postal truck driving past charred vehicles and houses that were burned to the ground.
"It was a trippy thing — he was actually delivering the mail," he told San Jose's Mercury News.
U.S.P.S Postman Delivers Mail Santa Rosa Fires Drone Video By Douglas Thron October 10, 2017
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"This is an example of the long-standing relationship that has been established between our carriers and their customers based on trust," Noemi Luna told The Mercury News. "The carrier in question was honoring a request by a few customers who were being let back in the fire zone to retrieve personal items. A few customers asked the carrier to leave their mail if the mailbox was still standing because they could not get to the annex to retrieve it."
More than a dozen wildfires ignited over the weekend in northern California. The flames have killed at least 23 people and destroyed almost 200,000 acres of land, forcing tens of thousands to evacuate.
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