50 government ambulances gutted in fire in hyderabad

HYDERABAD: As many as 50 government ambulances were gutted in a fire that broke out on Monday in Jeedimetla police station limits in Hyderabad.

Subhash Reddy, specialist firearms officer (SFO), Jeedimetla said, "On Monday afternoon around 1 pm, we received information about fire in GVK EMRI parking place."

"When we reached, we found several government ambulances on fire in the parking. Fire tenders were called in and after some time we doused the flame. Around fifty ambulances were gutted in the fire," he said.