5-Year-Old Boy dies in Hyperbaric Chamber Explosion in Troy, Michigan

A hyperbaric chamber explosion killed a 5-year-old boy and injured his mother. Furthermore, the incident happened in a Medical Facility in Troy, Michigan on Friday morning. Additionally, the explosion happened at 8 am at the Oxford Centre in Troy, north of Detroit. The authorities found the five-year-old boy inside the chamber and declared him dead at the scene. In this article, we will discuss the incident in more detail.

About the incident and the Response from the Officials

Lt. Ben Hancock from the Troy Police Department said that the first responding units who arrived at the spot discovered that a 5-year-old boy was deceased on the scene. Additionally, Lt. Ben Hancock made this statement in a press conference. The mother of the boy was standing next to the chamber when it exploded. Additionally, the boy’s mother got injured. The officials said that the child’s mother was standing next to the chamber and suffered injuries. They also added that they did not know what the child was being treated for at the center. The medical staff confirmed that the mother’s injury was not serious. However, they reported no other injuries.

Lt. Keith Young of the Fire Department in Detroit said that the chamber has 100 percent oxygen. The oxygen is five times the amount of oxygen in a normal room. Lt. Keith said that the presence of a high amount of oxygen in a pressurized environment makes it combustible. 

However, the investigation about the cause of the explosion is ongoing. Furthermore,multiple state agencies will examine the safety regulations at the facility. The officials also said that such an incident is very uncommon and they are not sure about what led to the incident.

The medical facility said that the safety and well being of the children they serve is their top most priority. They also added that nothing like this has happened in more than 15 years since they started providing such therapy. The Medical Facility also confirmed that they don’t know why this happened.

About Hyperbaric Chamber

Hyperbaric chamber is a pressurised room or container with 100 percent oxygen inside.Furthermore, doctors use this therapy to treat patients with decompression sickness. Additionally, they also treat patients with serious tissue wounds, trapped air bubbles in blood vessels, etc., using this therapy.

Conclusion

A five-year-old boy was killed and his mother was injured in a hyperbaric chamber explosion. Furthermore, the chamber had 100 percent oxygen. Additionally, this made it extremely flammable. However, the explosion was contained and firefighters were able to control the fire. In this article, we have discussed in detail the hyperbaric chamber explosion that killed a five-year-old boy.