Ambulance bursts into flames after hitting hydro pole in Oshawa
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An ambulance was engulfed in flames after hitting a hydro pole in Oshawa on Saturday morning. No one was injured. CITYNEWS
A private ambulance burst into flames after slamming into a hydro pole in Oshawa on Saturday morning.
The accident occurred on Simcoe Street North just south of Selleck Lane. It’s believed that oxygen tanks onboard exploded.
Durham police said no one was injured, but few other details were immediately available.
Witness Alison Prentice told CityNews she first heard a bang and then lost power to her home. She thought it was a blown transformer but then went outside to investigate when she heard the sirens from fire trucks.
She said she saw big black smoke billowing from the scene and heard an explosion 10 minutes later.
"When I saw it, it was just a shell with flames. It had burned right through the ambulance," she said.
She said the area is without power and that police have closed off the streets north and south of the accident.
The road is a busy one and had recently been widened, she said.
"It's just bizarre because the road is a good road. I don't know why they would hit the pole," she said.
The accident occurred on Simcoe Street North just south of Selleck Lane. It’s believed that oxygen tanks onboard exploded.
Durham police said no one was injured, but few other details were immediately available.
Witness Alison Prentice told CityNews she first heard a bang and then lost power to her home. She thought it was a blown transformer but then went outside to investigate when she heard the sirens from fire trucks.
She said she saw big black smoke billowing from the scene and heard an explosion 10 minutes later.
"When I saw it, it was just a shell with flames. It had burned right through the ambulance," she said.
She said the area is without power and that police have closed off the streets north and south of the accident.
The road is a busy one and had recently been widened, she said.
"It's just bizarre because the road is a good road. I don't know why they would hit the pole," she said.
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