HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) – A Horry County mail carrier delivered a life-saving service on Monday afternoon.

Noah Wygal was delivering mail at a condo complex when he heard cries for help and saw smoke.

He said instinct kicked in, he dropped what he was doing, and ran toward the scene.

After running up three flights of stairs, Wygal said he and another man helped put out a condo fire with gallons of water as they awaited the fire department’s arrival.

“It wasn’t on my bingo card for the day,” said Wygal, who has worked with USPS for over two years.

With his and Terrence McKenzie’s help, the fire did not spread to the other condos.

“I’m just so grateful that me and the other gentleman was there to be able to assist because who knows what would have happened otherwise,” Wygal said.

And this act is something they say they would hope the community would also do for a stranger.

The holidays can be a stressful time for postal workers and delivery drivers, but what one Denver man says he experienced from a United States Postal Service worker goes beyond reasonable frustration.

A man says he was violently attacked by an on-duty mail carrier after calmly confronting him about how he was parked.

It happened on Friday at Neko Ramen & Rice on Colorado Boulevard in Denver.

The victim works at a nearby business and shared his story with CBS News Colorado reporter Olivia Young, asking CBS Colorado not to use his name out of fear of the person who attacked him.

“I definitely understand the term ‘going postal’ now,” the victim said.

A broken cheekbone and stitches in his forehead are marks that the man says he never saw coming from a postal worker.

NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, Mass. (WLNE) — For over a decade, a North Attleborough postal worker has delivered packages and Christmas cheer as Buddy the Elf.

Some North Attleborough residents know him as Scott the mailman, but others, know him as Buddy the Elf.

Since 2011, Scott Phillips has been delivering packages door to door as “Buddy.”

It all started when his son showed up on Christmas morning dressed in the green and yellow suit.

“All of a sudden, I see my son walking up with Christmas presents, and he’s in the window…I’m like, ‘This is so awesome!’”

Scott tried on the costume, and since then, has been suiting up as Buddy the Elf every Dec. 23 and Christmas Eve.