By Bill Carey
EMS1
WALCOTT, N.D. — EMTs with Day County Ambulance Service quickly evacuated themselves and their patient before their ambulance became engulfed in flames during a transport.
The EMS crew was traveling northbound on I-29 on June 8 when it caught fire. The EMT driving immediately stopped the vehicle and, along with another EMT, helped evacuate a patient from the rear of the ambulance, according to a social media post.
All three retreated to a safe distance before the ambulance was destroyed.
The patient was transferred to a Breckenridge-Wahpeton Ambulance and taken to Sanford Hospital in Fargo. The ambulance was declared a total loss, WZFG reported.
The North Dakota Highway Patrol is currently investigating the incident.