SOUTH OTSELIC — It was a local fire department, not the Easter Bunny, who paid an early visit to the South Otselic Post Office on Sunday. 

On Sunday, the South Otselic Volunteer Fire Department responded to a 9 am call, reporting an electrical fire that forced one family to evacuate from the property at 1605 State Highway 26.

The facility also houses a tae kwon do studio, a vacant apartment and the South Otselic Post Office.  There were no injuries or damage to mail secured inside the Post Office.

Repairs to the post office are expected to take several weeks. More than 170 post office boxholders have been directed to the North Pitcher Post Office, located at 1027 State Highway 26, for their mail.