The five -year -old boy is dead after the hyperbaric chamber where he exploded on a medical institution in Friday Troy, Michigan, Police and fire officials said.
The unidentified victim was in the chamber, a pressure container containing 100% oxygen, when it suddenly exploded just before 8 hours at the Oxford Center, located at 165 Kirts Blvd.
The explosion caused a fire in the chamber room. It is unclear that the explosion caused, and the later fire did not spread to the rest of the facility, police and fire officials said.
Scene Out of Oxford Center on Friday (Fox 2 Detroit)
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Police and fire officials said the Royal Oak boy was dead in the chamber when they arrived at the scene.
His mother, who was in the room, sustained her hand injuries, The police said.
Troy police officer Ben Hancock described the explosion as a “very sad incident” and said that such an incident was rare.
Hyperbarical Chamber at Pittsburgh General Hospital, Pennsylvania, in 2006. Similar is used at the Oxford Center. (Reuters/Allegheny General Hospital/Manual)
“We are not familiar with responding to one of them recently,” Hancock said. “Again, [a] A terrible, tragic incident, which we don’t want to ever react to. “
AND Hyperbaric chamber It contains 100% oxygen, which is up to three times higher than the amount of oxygen than in a normal room, officials said.
“The presence of such a large amount of oxygen in the pressure environment can make it extremely burning,” said Lieutenant Keith Young of Troy Fire Department. “Our initial research shows that this is not a common incident, and the scene remains in an active investigation.”
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It is unclear in what condition the boy demanded that he be in the chamber, which is used to provide hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). A typical chamber holds one person and requires a patient to lie in a tube -shaped device that looks like a MRI machine and breathes oxygen.
Hboy is known for treating divers and divers of deep sea affected by rapid changes in pressure around them, according to the FDA. Devices are also used to treat various others Health problemsIncluding carbon monoxide poisoning, diabetic ulcers, cerebral palsy, anemia, skin and bone infection, as well as loss of vision.
Such devices require the FDA removal to ensure that they are approved to be used according to intention and are safe and effective.
Scene Out of Oxford Center on Friday (Fox 2 Detroit)
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In a statement to Detroit Free Press, the Oxford Center spokesman Andrew Kistner wrote that the cause of the explosion was unknown.
“This morning the fire began inside the hyperbaric chamber with oxygen. The baby was treated in that chamber did not survive and the mother of the child was injured,” the statement said.
“The safety and well -being of the children we serve is our greatest priority. Nothing like this has happened in our more than 15 years of providing this type of therapy. We … We will participate in all the investigations that need to happen now.”
In May 2009, Explosion of a chamber with oxygen under pressure killed a four-year and his 62-year-old grandmother. Authorities said the explosion had kicked out a tube attached to the hyperbaric chamber, resulting in an explosion and flash, according to CBS.
