Hawaii Ambulance Fire Leaves Patient Dead, Paramedic Injured

Hawaii Ambulance Fire Leaves Patient Dead, Paramedic Injured
An ambulance and police in Hawaii on Dec. 28, 2009. Jewel Samad/AFP via Getty Images
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HONOLULU—A patient died and a paramedic was critically injured when their ambulance caught fire outside a hospital in Hawaii, emergency officials said.

“We had an ambulance tonight for reasons we don’t understand catch on fire, possibly explode, prior to entering the hospital,” said Dr. Jim Ireland, the emergency services director. “We’re all just very concerned about our team and the patient that lost their life.”