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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
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Central PA Farmer Suffocates To Death In His Silo: Report Central PA Farmer Suffocates To Death In His Silo: Report
Central PA Farmer Suffocates To Death In His Silo: Report A farmer in central Pennsylvania suffocated to death inside a silo on his property, PennLive reports. Daniel Burkholder, 68, went inside his personal silo to make a repair on the 1500 block of Rock Ledge Drive in South Middleton Township sometime around 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 2, the outlet says citing a Cumberland County coroner. He died of accidental asphyxia after inhaling the gases that weren't properly blown out of the silo, according to the outlet. Click here for more from PennLive.

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by Nicole Acosta