A still from a smartphone recording of Hamilton Health Sciences security camera footage showing a Hamilton ambulance on fire after an Incendiary object was placed inside the vehicle around 6:05 a.m. on October 19, 2025

A Hamilton EMS ambulance was firebombed this morning in the ambulance bay at Hamilton’s General Hospital.

Hospital security video, publicly circulating online, shows a man walk up to the ambulance, throw an incendiary devices into the front cabin, walk away, and then moments later the vehicle is engulfed in flames.

There have been no updates from Hamilton Police or the City of Hamilton regarding the incident.

It is not known if the suspect has been arrested by Hamilton Police.

The destroyed ambulance was a newer vehicle. Hamilton’s paramedic service has spare ambulances to ensure continuity of service during routine maintenance and unplanned mechanical failure.

TPR will follow up with City officials on Monday.

A still from a smartphone recording of Hamilton Health Sciences security camera footage showing a male-looking person putting an incendiary object into an ambulance on fire after an incinerary device was placed inside the vehicle around 6:05 a.m. on October 19, 2025
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Published: October 19, 2025
Last updated: October 19, 2025
Author: Joey Coleman

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  1. This is exactly the kind of behavior which will continue to escalate if we don’t start holding people accountable for their actions. Enough is enough. I have had enough of the drug epidemic. The poor me nonsense that goes on and people just are not held accountable. Why in the world would anybody do? This is beyond me. I hope this person is caught and certainly not put out on bail. It’s time for our justice system to wake the hell up

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