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HYDEN, Ky. — Fire officials are trying to determine what caused an ambulance to explode Wednesday in Leslie County.
No one was injured, but the blast did scare some people nearby. Paramedics were transporting a patient from Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital to the nursing home around 10 a.m. Wednesday when their Trans-Star ambulance caught fire.
Sam Mullins, an off-duty Leslie County sheriff’s deputy, was driving by and helped the paramedics get the patient out safely. He also shot video on a cell phone of the ambulance engulfed in flames. Other off-duty officers assisted, as well. Firefighters and other emergency personnel eventually made it to the scene.
Full story: Ambulance catches fire and explodes in Leslie County