Canadian Press
Jul. 19, 2005 10:38 AM
VANCOUVER - A female resident of a Vancouver seniors' home died last week after her oxygen tank blew up when she was having a cigarette lit for her.
A woman, who was in her early 60s, but whose name is not being released, was in an outdoor courtyard when she asked another female resident for a cigarette.
Vancouver fire department Capt. Rob Jones-Cook said the other woman gave the victim a cigarette and attempted to light it for her when the oxygen tank exploded.
Jones-Cook said the dead woman's clothes caught fire.
Witnesses tried to douse the fire with water from a vase but it was ultimately put out with a blanket by staff members.
The woman had burns to almost 70 per cent of her body and died late on Wednesday at Vancouver General Hospital.
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Jul. 19, 2005 10:38 AM
VANCOUVER - A female resident of a Vancouver seniors' home died last week after her oxygen tank blew up when she was having a cigarette lit for her.
A woman, who was in her early 60s, but whose name is not being released, was in an outdoor courtyard when she asked another female resident for a cigarette.
Vancouver fire department Capt. Rob Jones-Cook said the other woman gave the victim a cigarette and attempted to light it for her when the oxygen tank exploded.
Jones-Cook said the dead woman's clothes caught fire.
Witnesses tried to douse the fire with water from a vase but it was ultimately put out with a blanket by staff members.
The woman had burns to almost 70 per cent of her body and died late on Wednesday at Vancouver General Hospital.
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