Man on oxygen tank dies after explosion
I really don't understand how a man who is already on an oxygen tank because of emphysema decided it was wise to light up a cigarette in front of his highly explosive tank? It is terribly sad that the man died, but I sat with my mouth open that someone could be so reckless.
Man on oxygen tank dies after explosion
Was smoking in his apartment Police say victim pulled fire alarm
Dec. 30, 2005. 05:19 AM
LOUIE ROSELLA
TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
A 57-year-old Mississauga man was killed yesterday morning after the oxygen tank he was hooked up to in his Bloor St. apartment ignited and exploded while he smoked a cigarette.
The victim, David Grightmire, was hooked up to the oxygen tank because he had emphysema, said his younger sister Margaret Fitzgerald, who lived with her brother along with another sister, Betty Williams.
Neither Fitzgerald nor Williams was home at the time of the explosion.
Mississauga fire officials are still investigating the exact cause of the blast.
An autopsy yesterday revealed Grightmire, a father of one son, died from lung failure. Peel Region police said Grightmire managed to pull the fire alarm after the explosion, alerting tenants to evacuate the building.
"Even when he was dying, he was thinking about saving other people," said Fitzgerald. "He was a good man right to the end."
Mississauga firefighters and Peel paramedics were called to the apartment building near Havenwood Dr. around 9:30 a.m. following a number of minor explosions on the sixth floor.
A firefighter discovered Grightmire without vital signs inside his sixth floor unit. He was rushed to Trillium Health Centre and pronounced dead shortly after arrival. Fire crews remained on scene for several hours trying to clear smoke from the building.
Grightmire, a security guard and Mississauga resident for 40 years, was a member and past master of the Mississauga Masonic Lodge 524 in Port Credit. His favourite hobbies were reading and doing crossword puzzles, said older brother Thomas Grightmire.
Grightmire's death should serve as a reminder to oxygen-tank users to be careful, the elder Grightmire said. Ontario's Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care said people on an oxygen system "must take precautions because oxygen aids combustion." The provincial government warns oxygen users to keep oxygen systems away from sources of heat or open flame and not to smoke or let anyone else smoke in the area where they use oxygen.
Man on oxygen tank dies after explosion
Was smoking in his apartment Police say victim pulled fire alarm
Dec. 30, 2005. 05:19 AM
LOUIE ROSELLA
TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
A 57-year-old Mississauga man was killed yesterday morning after the oxygen tank he was hooked up to in his Bloor St. apartment ignited and exploded while he smoked a cigarette.
The victim, David Grightmire, was hooked up to the oxygen tank because he had emphysema, said his younger sister Margaret Fitzgerald, who lived with her brother along with another sister, Betty Williams.
Neither Fitzgerald nor Williams was home at the time of the explosion.
Mississauga fire officials are still investigating the exact cause of the blast.
An autopsy yesterday revealed Grightmire, a father of one son, died from lung failure. Peel Region police said Grightmire managed to pull the fire alarm after the explosion, alerting tenants to evacuate the building.
"Even when he was dying, he was thinking about saving other people," said Fitzgerald. "He was a good man right to the end."
Mississauga firefighters and Peel paramedics were called to the apartment building near Havenwood Dr. around 9:30 a.m. following a number of minor explosions on the sixth floor.
A firefighter discovered Grightmire without vital signs inside his sixth floor unit. He was rushed to Trillium Health Centre and pronounced dead shortly after arrival. Fire crews remained on scene for several hours trying to clear smoke from the building.
Grightmire, a security guard and Mississauga resident for 40 years, was a member and past master of the Mississauga Masonic Lodge 524 in Port Credit. His favourite hobbies were reading and doing crossword puzzles, said older brother Thomas Grightmire.
Grightmire's death should serve as a reminder to oxygen-tank users to be careful, the elder Grightmire said. Ontario's Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care said people on an oxygen system "must take precautions because oxygen aids combustion." The provincial government warns oxygen users to keep oxygen systems away from sources of heat or open flame and not to smoke or let anyone else smoke in the area where they use oxygen.
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