HONOLULU (KHON2) — Officials released more information on Thursday about the ambulance that caught fire just outside of Queen’s Medical Center on Wednesday.
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No one was injured, but officials revealed that the vehicle had dropped off a patient just minutes before the engine caught fire. EMS said everything went according to procedure while the patient was brought to Queen’s — the vehicle was empty and idling in the standby area outside the emergency room.
“The engine was running, as they normally do when they park at the hospital to idle the vehicle,” Honolulu Emergency Services Department deputy director Ian Santee said, “after they came to the hospital, upon noticing the smoke, the vehicle was turned off by another paramedic and the fire department was notified.”
“They just transported a patient within the last, I would say, 20 minutes to the hospital.”
Ian Santee, Honolulu Emergency Services Department deputy director