An American oxygen user is twice as likely to die in a home oxygen fire than in Japan, and almost twenty times more likely than in England.
That’s according to a new study by BPR Medical titled ‘The prevalence and impact of home oxygen fires in the USA’ which examined media reports of home oxygen fire incidents in the US between December 2017 and August 2019.
According to the report, the death toll of home oxygen fires across the US is likely to be higher than previous estimates reported by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).
Over the time period, the study identified 311 separate home oxygen fire incidents, which accounted for 164 deaths, 71 serious injuries and 199 minor injuries – amounting to more than one death every four days.
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