Edward Phelan Jr., Northeast area vice president of operations for the U.S. Postal Serivce, presents awards to mail carriers Joe Arsenault and Nick Claudel on Wednesday in the post office in Belgrade.
Mail carriers Joe Arsenault, left, and Nick Claudel, right, stand ready to receive plaques Wednesday in the post office in Belgrade for helping an oil tanker truck driver get out of a burning truck on Jan. 2. Belgrade postmaster Margaret Cosenza is standing between them.
Mail carriers Nick Claudel, left, and Joe Arsenault, rear, receive plaques Wednesday in the post office in Belgrade from Edward Phelan Jr., Northeast area vice president of operations for the U.S. Postal Serivce, for helping an oil tanker truck driver get out of a burning truck on Jan. 2.
A firefighter moves to pour water on a giant ball of fire erupting Jan. 2 from an overturned tank truck that burned along Route 27 in Belgrade.
A firefighter stands back Jan. 2 as huge flames rise from an overturned tank truck that burned along Route 27 in Belgrade.
Firefighters from many area departments stand by on Jan. 2 while fighting fire from an overturned tank truck that burned along Route 27 in Belgrade.
Firefighters watch on Jan. 2 as huge flames rise from an overturned tank truck that burned along Route 27 near the Belgrade Canoe and Kayak business in Belgrade.
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