Doctor In Town Dies In Hyperbaric Chamber

[billt460]

A physical therapy doctor here in town burned alive inside a hyperbaric oxygen chamber the other day. It apparently caught fire somehow, and blazed up, killing him. From what I've been reading, this isn't the first time this type of thing has happened with these devices.

Things that might just smolder in a normal atmosphere, burn rapidly in a pure oxygen environment. This is a similar thing that happened with the Apollo 1 fire.

You would think these things would have some type of built in safety sensors, that would dump the pressure, and add CO2 in the event of a fire. Poor guy. I have a pretty hard time trying to think of a worse way to go than becoming a human Shish-Ka-Bob.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/us/physical-therapist-dead-hyperbaric-chamber-fire-arizona.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/physic...erbaric-oxygen-chamber-fire-arizona-facility/

https://people.com/physical-therapi...amber-at-own-wellness-clinic-arizona-11770324

 

[goblin]

Poor guy. If any consolation - in such a fire, my understanding is two or three breaths in he was dead. It's not like he roasted from the feet up.

 

[Analog-1]

Yep same thing happened here in Michigan and a young boy was killed. Lawsuits are now in progress.

 

[ripcord]

Wow! That poor guy.

Decades ago my uncle had to have oxygen chamber treatments to save his lower lip after a motor cycle crash. My aunt told me she had to go buy him special anti static shorts too wear in it as they didn't allow normal clothes in it due to the fire risk.