An ambulance caught fire this afternoon outside of Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital shortly after its crew took a patient into the emergency area, a spokesman for the city's Emergency Medical Services said. No one was inside the vehicle at the time and no one was injured, said EMS Division Chief Bruce Nedelka.
The ambulance was parked away from the building and other vehicles, he said. The crew noticed smoke coming from under the hood after walking out to the parking lot, Nedelka said.
"Within moments, it began to catch fire," he said. "An EMS supervisor was there and he called the fire department. They responded quickly and extinguished the fire as quickly as they could."