Ambulance Catches Fire and Explodes in Front of My House
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So this morning at 8:30 AM, an ambulance decided to swerve off the road and crash into a hydro pole. Five minutes later it caught fire. It burned for about a half hour before it and most of the oxygen tanks on board collectively exploded, rocking the whole neighbourhood. I honestly thought I was still dreaming, until my roommates downstairs started yelling and I could hear car alarms going off outside.
This is the explosion:
[hd]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRKpU99F868[/hd]
And some pics I took:
[img_thumb]http://i.cubeupload.com/T3lIKD.jpg[/img_thumb]
[img_thumb]http://i.cubeupload.com/XUzfAY.jpg[/img_thumb]
No one was injured, as far as we know.
What happened to it, did you ever find out?
Holy crap. Wonder where it was going.
[QUOTE=CanadianBill;33029818]What happened to it, did you ever find out?[/QUOTE]
Why did it crash? We don't know. None of the news sites know either.
These things are basically just bombs on wheels when you think about it.
You got O2 in the medi-bag in the back most the time. O2 in the side compartment which runs through the back in a pipe system so you can hook up to the main O2 tank anywhere in the back using various ports.
You have a small fire? fuck it man, i say run to be honest.
Probably what the EMTs did in this case.
[QUOTE=ScoutKing;33029838]
You have a small fire? fuck it man, i say run to be honest.
Probably what the EMTs did in this case.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, the fire department didn't go near that thing. They let it burn itself out over the course of 4 hours until it was a smouldering shell.
Holy shit, indeed. I've always wanted to see a vehicle explode, like in actual life, not in a rude way or anything but I've just always wondered.
At the same time, I say "whoa this is really cool", and that I'm also glad nobody got hurt.
..so I guess, thanks for that interesting video? Captured it in time.
That was awesome. :v:
[del]You[/del]Someone managed to capture the actual explosion. Nice camera hand.
[QUOTE=MIPS;33030166]You managed to capture the actual explosion. Nice camera hand.[/QUOTE]
Not my video unfortunately.
That last image looks badass.
I always wanted to hear something so unlikely to blow up, blow up.
And then the gas line right across the street.
[QUOTE=Killer900;33030631]I always wanted to hear something so unlikely to blow up, blow up.[/QUOTE]
A few weeks ago another ambulance blew up in a same fashion.
Not as unlikely as people like to think.
Still uncommon, but it is likely, with anything that carries a giant container of oxygen and some portable canisters.
Pure oxygen is extremely combustible.
Got to admit, that was a pretty cool explosion.
Must have felt like a zombie invasion.
[QUOTE=Hogie bear;33031189]Must have felt like a zombie invasion.[/QUOTE]
ambulance crash=zombies?
okay
It would have been ironic if it were a fire truck.
Someone please add the BF3 music to that. It seems like it would fit really well.
"Did you feel that??"
No
"Holy fucking shit!"
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