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    Watch: Spartanburg County, SC, Firefighters Battle Ambulance Fire

    Feb. 12, 2025
    Video shows crews arrive and put out a fire that engulfed an ambulance outside of an area nursing home.

    Video released by North Spartanburg Fire Department show crews as they arrive to and put out a fire which engulfed an ambulance outside of an area nursing home.

    According to the fire department, the fire happened on February 1 after a crew in an Ambustar truck dropped off a resident at Valley Falls Terrace on Locust Grove.

    The crew were reportedly sitting in their truck doing paperwork when they noticed a smell of smoke, then realized smoke was coming into their vehicle. The crew members were able to safely get out of the truck before it went up in flames.

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    Susan Nicol | News Editor

    Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues. 

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