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Oxygen User Smoking Cigarette Dies Of Burns Caused By Fire That Erupted: Lehigh Coroner Oxygen User Smoking Cigarette Dies Of Burns Caused By Fire That Erupted: Lehigh Coroner
Oxygen User Smoking Cigarette Dies Of Burns Caused By Fire That Erupted: Lehigh Coroner A 57-year-old Lehigh County man died when he tried to light a cigarette while using supplemental oxygen, causing a fire that burned him, officials said. Richard C .Grim of Lower Macungie Township, was pronounced dead at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Cedar Crest around 3:40 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, the Lehigh County Coroner's Office said.  The cause of death was complications of 5.5% burns on his body due to trying to smoke a cigarette last week in his home, when a fire erupted, the coroner's office said. The death is being investigated by the Pennsylvania State Police, Fogelsville S…

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by Cecilia Levine
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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