Package-laden FedEx truck burns
Hundreds of packages shipped via FedEx were damaged in a truck fire on the Gulf Freeway near Reveille early Wednesday morning.
Whether any customers lost irreplaceable items was unknown, but FedEx’s package-tracking system allows the company to notify every shipper of the incident, said David Westrick, a spokesman for the ground transportation division of FedEx. That process began Wednesday morning, he said.
The trailer burned about 2:30 a.m. when traveling from a Dallas FedEx ground hub to Houston, Westrick said. How many of the 800 packages on board were damaged or destroyed was unknown Wednesday, Westrick said.
FedEx plans to expedite loss claims related to the fire, Westrick said. The cause of the fire is being investigated.
