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Texas Responders Jump into Action as Ambulance Burns

A patient was being transported in a ville Fire Department

ambulance when it erupted in flames.

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Courtesy of Jay Neal/ville Daily Progress

The efforts of two responders with the ville Fire Department

helped prevent a potential tragedy over the weekend after their

ambulance caught fire.

JACKSONVILLE, Texas -- Quick thinking and fast actions by two

ville Fire Department employees, Madison and Cory Dahms,

prevented a potential tragedy as a JFD ambulance that was being used to

transfer a patient from a ville hospital to a Tyler hospital

erupted in flames around 3:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon.

The incident occurred on U.S. Highway 69 North in front of the North

Cherokee Water Supply Company in the Maydelle community.

" We noticed smoke coming from the front of the (ambulance) and by the

time we pulled over the cab and the compartment were completely filled

with smoke, " Madison said.

was attending to the unnamed and uninjured patient at the time

of the incident while Dahms was driving the vehicle.

" We had to work fast to first get the patient out and then to continue

their treatment, " explained. " After that was taken care of we

had just enough time to get some of the major pieces of equipment out of

the unit before the flames (erupted). "

stated that at $30,000 worth of medical equipment was removed

undamaged prior to the fire sweeping through the compartment.

Fire units from the North Cherokee Volunteer Fire Department and the

Bullard Fire Department extinguished the blaze.

Republished with permission of The ville Daily Progress.