Gujarat Ambulance Accident: A tragic incident is doing rounds on social media. As per the reports, an ambulance caught fire near Rana Saiyed in Gujarat’s Modasa on Tuesday morning. At least 4 persons including a newborn baby have lost their lives while two others have sustained critical burn injuries.
As per the sources, the ambulance caught fire on Modasa-Dhansura road at around 1 a.m. The incident happened when the one-day-old boy, who was sick after birth, was being taken to a private hospital in Ahmedabad from a Modasa-based hospital for further treatment.
Gujarat Ambulance Accident: Incident Caught on CCTV
Aravalli, Gujarat: Near Ransaiyyad Chokdi in Modasa, an ambulance from Ahmedabad’s Orange Hospital caught fire, killing a doctor, a nurse, a newborn baby, and the baby’s father. The driver and a relative were rescued, and the Modasa Fire Department soon brought the blaze under… pic.twitter.com/Z67BG3KpVN
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According to sources, a woman from Mahisagar district delivered a baby at a hospital in Modasa. After the delivery, the newborn was being shifted to Ahmedabad for further treatment, when the ambulance was suddenly engulfed in flames. Along with the baby, the father, a doctor, and a nurse were inside the vehicle, and all four were charred to death. On the other hand, the ambulance driver and helper, who were critically injured in the mishap, have been admitted to the hospital.
The entire incident has been caught on CCTV, which shows the fire suddenly erupting while the vehicle was still moving.
Gujarat News Today: Reason of Fire is Yet to be Ascertained
The child, his father, identified as Jignesh Mochi (38), doctor Shantilal Rentia (30), from Ahmedabad, and nurse Bhuriben Manat (23), a native of Arvalli, were killed.
Receiving information of the accident, local police rushed to the spot along with fire personnel who launched a joint rescue operation and doused the blazed. Two injured persons, including the driver, were immediately taken to the hospital for treatment, an official said.
“The reason of fire is yet to be ascertained. Since the incident happened right in front of a petrol pump, there was a high risk of a major explosion. However, the fire department reached the spot quickly and managed to control the flames,” the official added.
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