Mar. 23—It seems ironic that oxygen — the gas that makes life on earth possible — can also be extremely dangerous under certain circumstances. On Wednesday night, a 60-year-old woman died in a fire ...
A Green Country fire department wants people with home oxygen tanks powered by electricity to have a backup plan if they happen to lose power this winter. The Sand Springs Fire Department said during ...
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Do you or someone you know have a home oxygen tank? During Burn Awareness Week, 23ABC News is looking into the safety of these systems. To make fire, three things are ...
CAMPO, Calif. — Virginia Taylor has to be connected to an oxygen supply 24 hours a day. At home in her Campo trailer park, she has a machine that produces oxygen and pumps it through a long tube so ...
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Firefighters with the Battlefield Fire Protection District led a successful effort that could save lives. And now, Mo HealthNet says that one piece of safety equipment for ...
The Nevada Fire Department is hopeful that enhanced safety regulations for private oxygen use can save lives. A fatal house fire caused by an oxygen tank and cigarettes inspired the Nevada Public ...
Facial hair increases the risk of burns for people who use home oxygen therapy, a new study warns. Researchers compared a mannequin with a mustache made from human hair and a mannequin without facial ...
An 87-year-old Berea man died after his mobile home caught fire early Wednesday morning. Neighbors said they head a loud explosion, and the home went up in flames. There were other explosions as the ...
Fire investigators are still trying to determine what started a blaze inside a Burke County home, which caused several explosions that nearly burned the house to the ground. One firefighter, from the ...
STOUGHTON — Oxygen tanks set off multiple explosions during a fire that destroyed a home in Stoughton Saturday afternoon. Firefighters were called to the home Central Street and used "brute manpower," ...