Madurai
However, none were injured. While sources said the fire was caused by explosion of an oxygen cylinder kept inside the vehicle, Tenkasi Station Fire Officer U Ramesh denied it. When asked, he said that the accident occurred before the oxygen cylinder in the vehicle was replaced. Fortunately, no patient was inside the vehicle when the fire broke out. Though the shell of the vehicle was gutted in the fire, the personnel managed to extinguish it before it spread to the fuel tank, the SFO said.
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