Home oxygen use has become increasingly popular among older adults as an effective and convenient way for them to manage medical challenges such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), ...

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In the U.S., someone dies every four days in a fire involving home oxygen therapy (HOT) systems. In the UK, where thermal fuses were mandated in 2006, deaths from HOT fires have been virtually ...

It's a potentially fatal mixture: high levels of pure oxygen flowing through tubing, and the flame from a lit cigarette. In the wake of three fatal oxygen fires in York County since the beginning of ...

Windsor Fire and Rescue Services says a long-term care home resident is in critical condition in hospital after her supplemental oxygen triggered a fire while she was trying to smoke.

A 61-year-old North Carolina woman died Tuesday morning when her lit cigarette ignited a nearby oxygen tank. Belinda Coble caused a small fire in her Nash County home when the oxygen tank — which she ...