Colo. ambulance catches fire while transporting patient

By Cleo Westin
The Gazette

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Colorado Springs firefighters put out an ambulance on fire near Monterey Road and Lassen Drive on Thursday evening, the Fire Department said in a social media post.

An AMR ambulance and a fire engine responded to a medical emergency near Monterey Elementary School when the ambulance caught fire, but firefighters quickly extinguished the flames.

CSFD says another ambulance arrived to transport the person suffering a medical emergency. No one was injured in the fire, and its cause is under investigation.

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