Alert hospital staff immediately informed the fire brigade, which promptly arrived at the scene and extinguished the flames.
Hyderabad: An ambulance was gutted in a fire within the hospital’s premises in Gachibowli, at 11 am on Saturday. No casualties were reported. The fire is suspected to have erupted as a result of a technical fault in the ambulance’s engine.
According to Madhapur station fire officer Anjaneyulu, those present at the premises informed the fire brigade, who reached the spot with three fire engines – a fire engine consisting of fire personnel, a fire-fighting robot, and a bowser.
The fire spread swiftly because of the presence of oxygen cylinders in the ambulance, the SFO said. The flames were doused within 45 minutes. “The fire safety officials in the hospital had by then started the process of dousing the flames,” the official said. The Raidurgam police said that a case is yet to be registered in this regard.
