The ambulance involved in yesterday's tragedy in Naas was a brand new vehicle.
A patient lost his life – and two paramedics were injured in the incident – which broke out in an ambulance at the entrance to the hospital’s Emergency Department.
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The HSE is looking into the possibility that oxygen tanks on the vehicle may have caused an explosion.
Paul Bell of SIPTU, says the fleet of 170 ambulances are checked everyday.
