A 5-year-old Royal Oak boy was killed Friday when a hyperbaric chamber he was inside exploded, officials said.
â A 5-year-old Michigan boy was killed Friday morning when a hyperbaric chamber he was inside of exploded, officials said. Police and firefighters responded to The Oxford Medical Center in Troy around 8 a.m. Friday for a report of a hyperbaric chamber explosion. When emergency responders arrived at the facility, they found the boy, from Royal Oak, dead inside the chamber. The boy's mother, who was near the chamber when it exploded, suffered injuries to her arms.
Because a hyperbaric chamber contains such a high amount of oxygen in a pressurized space, it can be extremely combustible. Social workers with the Oakland Community Health Network are working with first responders and medical staff who responded to the scene. The Oxford Center, which offers various integrative medical therapies, issued the following statement on the explosion: 'This is an exceptionally difficult day for all of us.
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