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PA Man Using Oxygen Dies Trying To Smoke Cigarette: Police PA Man Using Oxygen Dies Trying To Smoke Cigarette: Police
PA Man Using Oxygen Dies Trying To Smoke Cigarette: Police A man using a nasal cannula died Friday, June 17 after attempting to light a cigarette while his oxygen tank was running in Chester County, authorities said. Firefighters and cops were called to a home on Mt. Zion Avenue in North Coventry Township around 8:15 a.m. on a report of a fire victim, local police said. The man's attempt to light a cigarette while oxygen was flowing through the generator ignited an oxygen-induced flame, according to investigators. Medics from Goodwill Ambulance tried to perform CPR on the victim, before rushing him to Pottstown Hospital, where he died, police said…

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by Nicole Acosta