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Woman suffers burns after cigarette ignites on oxygen, Des Moines IA

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Des Moines, IA

A 65-year-old woman at apartment 8 near Loomis suffered burns and difficulty breathing after her cigarette ignited while she was using oxygen.

Audio|Source: Des Moines Fire/EMS
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Transcript:
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711, LUMIS, 711, LUMIS, 711, LUMIS on a burn. Medics 6-Trux, RIS, 3, Channel 2, 1353.
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Station 6-711 Loomis. It's going to be apartment number 8 on a 65-year-old female here. Alert conscious with some difficulty breathing after she tried to smoke a cigarette well in oxygen and it blew up in her face.
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She has some burns.

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