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Essex was rocked by an enormous explosion after an ambulance burst into flames, inflicting close by houses and home windows to tremble with the pressure of the blast this night. Three fireplace engines had been dispatched to the A130 Sadlers Farm roundabout in Basildon simply after 7.15pm on Monday, March 31, as eyewitnesses reported “two loud explosions” and took to social media to share surprising photographs of the inferno.

Terrifying images snapped by drivers caught in gridlocked site visitors on the A130 from Chelmsford route captured the thick smoke billowing into the sky, seen from roughly two miles away. The fireplace additionally unfold to adjoining grassland the place the ambulance had pulled over close to a verge.

The blaze induced a two-mile tailback on the A130, with motorists revealing that the street was cleared inside an hour and circumstances returned to regular. The standing of the ambulance car’s restoration stays unknown at the moment.

Local residents expressed their alarm on Facebook, with reviews of “two explosions” echoing by way of the realm. One resident exclaimed: “We in woodside- house shook” whereas others commented: “and me my windows shook”, and “I wondered what the 2 big bangs were. Hope everyone is ok.” Another added: “I’m by Woodside and our caravans shook I am shaking never been so scared in my life”.

Miraculously, no ambulance crew members had been harmed within the incident. The reason behind the fireplace continues to be beneath investigation, however photographs from the scene present the ambulance was fully destroyed.

A consultant for the East of England Ambulance Service confirmed: “The ambulance belongs to a private ambulance service acting for us. None of the crew were injured in the incident and the ambulance was not carrying a patient at the time.”

Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Essex County Fire and Rescue Service verified: “We were called to a vehicle fire on the A130 northbound, Sadlers Farm to Rayleigh Spur, today at 7.21pm. Crews from Basildon (two) and Rayleigh Weir attended and extinguished the fire by 8.07pm.”