An ambulance helicopter caught fire while landing in the Florida Keys Friday morning, officials said.
The Trauma Star chopper was on its way Coral Shores High School for a trauma transport when it went up in flames around 7 a.m.
The chopper is the county's oldest and is one of three in the helicopter ambulance fleet. It is used as a backup and was being used Friday because the second one is undergoing routine maintenance, officials said.
No one was injured.
The patient on board was taken by ground to nearby Mariners Hospital and later airlifted by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue to another hospital.
Officials said the incident will be investigated by the FAA and Monroe County’s Trauma Star aviation division.