Des Moines peu protecteurs : l'hosto ripou d'enfer VI : paralysie + clope allumée + emphysème + cylindre d'oxygène ouvert = oh, surprise !
mercredi 14 août 2002
http://www.dmregister.com
A partially paralyzed resident of a Des Moines nursing home burned to death Tuesday when flames erupted as he smoked a cigarette in his wheelchair on the facility's patio.
Fire officials say an oxygen canister mounted on the rear of George R. Baker Jr.'s wheelchair might have caught fire. Fire officials and state nursing-home regulators said they would investigate the incident at CLC University, 233 University Ave.
State regulators have cited the nursing home several times this year for improper care and cleanliness problems.
Rescue workers said Baker, 54, was on fire for an undetermined amount of time before someone inside noticed the flames and grabbed an extinguisher.
Clark Allen, 44, of Minneapolis said he was walking by CLC University when "I looked over and saw a ball of black smoke."
"I went closer and saw a man in a wheelchair. He wasn't moving," Allen said. "I said, 'Hey, this man is burning !' Flames were shooting off his back."
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