No injuries were reported Tuesday afternoon after a Baxter Health Ambulance caught fire in Cotter along Highway 62/412.
According to a report from Cotter Fire Chief Lyle Jack, the Cotter, Gassville and Cotter-Gassville rural fire departments responded at 1:16 in the afternoon to the fire on HWY 62/412 in the east bound lane in front of the car wash. The cab of the vehicle was fully engulfed and crews worked quickly to extinguish the fire to prevent any chance of the onboard oxygen tanks catching fire. Cotter FD reports that no one was injured and there was only the driver in the vehicle at the time.
Baxter Health tells KTLO News that they are grateful no one was injured. There was no patient in the unit and it was not in service. They report it was an older ambulance that was on it’s way to the shop. The member of the ambulance services team tried to extinguish the flames with a fire extinguisher but at that point the fire was already too hot and uncontrollable. The hospital reports the ambulance was a total loss.
WebReadyTM Powered by WireReady® NSI