Fleas halt mail delivery in Sacramento Co. neighborhood

UNSPECIFIED - FEBRUARY 23: Cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis), Pulicidae. Artwork by Rebecca hardy. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images) UNSPECIFIED - FEBRUARY 23: Cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis), Pulicidae. Artwork by Rebecca hardy. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images) Photo: De Agostini Picture Library/De Agostini/Getty Images Photo: De Agostini Picture Library/De Agostini/Getty Images Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Fleas halt mail delivery in Sacramento Co. neighborhood 1 / 3 Back to Gallery

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SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. (KCRA) — Mail delivery was stopped in a Rosemont area neighborhood after U.S. Postal Service workers were bitten by fleas, officials said Monday.

People at 18 homes on Thornhill Drive have not been receiving their mail for the past two weeks because a letter carrier and postal management "were bitten by fleas when delivery was attempted," Postal Service spokesperson Meiko Patton said.

"As early as (Monday) morning, postal management went out and walked the area and they were again bitten by fleas," Patton wrote in an email.

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The Postal Service reached out to Sacramento County Supervisor Don Nottoli about the issue and is waiting to hear back, Patton said.