The FINANCIAL -- A large truck contracted by Australia Post to transport mail items from Perth to Brisbane over the weekend caught fire near Tweed Heads in New South Wales early on Sunday 18 December.

Unfortunately the fire totally destroyed the truck along with the contents which were parcels bound for Queensland.

It took about an hour for the fire to be contained, luckily the driver escaped unharmed and there were no other injuries resulting from the fire.

Australia Post has requested an investigation into the cause of the fire.

Customers who were expecting to receive a parcel from Western Australia that was posted around Friday 16 December for a Queensland address may have been impacted by the incident.

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