SAN DIEGO — An AMR ambulance caught fire while transporting a woman to the hospital Wednesday morning, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
Two EMTs were transporting a patient just before 2 a.m. when they heard a loud sound come from under the hood, reported FOX 5.
When they pulled over the engine caught fire. The EMTs evacuated the patient on a stretcher from the ambulance to a parking lot across the street. The EMTs and patient were uninjured.
Several loud explosions occurred as the ambulance’s engine continued to burn and an on-board oxygen tank exploded. The ambulance became fully engulfed in flames and was a total loss. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
About 25 minutes later another ambulance arrived and transported the woman to the hospital.