Over a dozen ballots were damaged after a United States Postal Service mailbox in Phoenix was lit on fire, firefighters said.
The fire happened just before 1:30 a.m. on Oct. 24 outside a post office near 7th Avenue and Indian School Road.
Phoenix Fire crews responded to the scene and extinguished the flames. Twenty electoral ballots, and other pieces of mail, were damaged in the fire.
“The Postal Inspector took possession of the damaged ballots and mail,” Phoenix Fire Capt. Rob McDade said. “The Phoenix Fire Investigations Task Force, which includes Phoenix Police detectives and Phoenix Fire investigators, are working with US Postal Inspectors.”
Phoenix Police say surveillance video from the scene was collected by investigators. The scene was blocked off due to the investigation, but it has since been reopened.
