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October 03, 2011

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Video: Ambulance explodes in front of Calif. mall

An electrical fire caused the oxygen tanks to explode inside the ambulance parked at a Walmart in El Cajon, Calif.

By FireRescue1 Staff

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — An oxygen tank exploding inside a burning ambulance in California was caught on video.

The video, posted to video sharing site YouTube last week, shows the blast at the 1:46 mark. The man recording the explosion says the video is his "audition for Channel 8."

An electrical fire caused the oxygen tanks to explode inside the ambulance parked at a Walmart in El Cajon, Calif., Fox 5 San Diego reported. Rescue crews quickly extinguished the blaze and no injuries were reported.

This is the second video posted online in the past week showing a burning ambulance as it explodes.

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