Explosion and burning ambulance car in Budapest

The engine compartment of the ambulance car got on fire, then the flames expanded to the whole vehicle. The fire was extinguished by two water-jets of the firemen of Budapest, writes Origo.

According to witnesses, a smaller, then a larger explosion could be heard in Buda, at Attila Street-Krisztina Boulevard, near the Elizabeth Bridge.

One of the emergency medical cars of the National Ambulance Service exploded and got on fire; according to unconfirmed information, the detonation was caused by oxygen and anaesthetic gas bottles kept in the car, but the fire clearly went towards the engine compartment. Nobody was in the car during the fire.

The explosion was heard in Pest, too, the smoke coming from the car could clearly be seen from there. The burning ambulance car was extinguished by two water-jets, then it was cooled down – said the National Directorate General for Disaster Management.

It got on fire underway

Origo wanted to find out the cause of the fire, and also if there were any injuries, and how great the damage was. Pál Győrfi, communication manager of National Ambulance Service (OMSZ) answered: as he already told before, one of the cars of a Pest county ambulance station got on fire,