Ambulance catches fire on Hyderabad Outer Ring Road

An ambulance which was carrying a dead body on Hyderabad Outer Ring Road (ORR) suddenly caught fire at Puppalaguda.

While the people inside the vehicle, jumped to safety as soon as they witnessed the flames, they were, however, not able to drag the dead body in time leaving it half burnt.

The body of a person, who died in a road mishap at Gachibowli, was being transported in the ambulance ambulance to Rajamahendravaram. Fire services and police were called in immediately. It is learnt that the fire was caused due to short circuit.