Guwahati: An ambulance caught fire, reportedly due to a technical snag, in the Kawoimari area of Assam’s Nagaon district on Tuesday night while transporting a serious patient to the hospital.
Fortunately, the female patient, her attendants, the driver and paramedic of the ambulance escaped unhurt, as they managed to come out of the burning vehicle on time.
According to an attendant of the patient, the ambulance, bearing registration number AS01-JC-7220, caught fire near the Kawoimari petrol pump when the paramedic got down to make some adjustments in the oxygen cylinder. As he was working on it, the vehicle suddenly caught fire and was completely gutted in no time.
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