Source: the Detroit News
Authorities are trying to determine what caused a hyperbaric oxygen chamber at a Troy medical facility to explode on Friday morning, killing a 5-year-old boy who was inside.
First responders were called at about 7:54 a.m. to a medical center at 165 Kirts Boulevard near Livernois Road and Interstate 75 about a report of an explosion and fire, Troy Police Lt. Ben Hancock and Troy Fire Lt. Keith Young said at a news conference.
Firefighters and police arrived and found a hyperbaric chamber on fire, officials said.
They quickly contained the fire, extracted the boy from the device and later pronounced him dead, officials said. It’s not clear how long the boy had been in the chamber before the explosion, officials said.
The medical center where the explosion happened is one of multiple facilities operated by The Oxford Center, company officials confirmed Friday.
Hancock said the authorities do not know for what the boy was being treated in the hyperbaric chamber, a pressurized medical device used to provide oxygen therapy to patients.
he cause of the explosion is under investigation, authorities said, and the facility has been temporarily closed.
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