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Man Dies After Oxygen Tank Explodes

POSTED: 11:05 am CST November 1, 2009
UPDATED: 3:17 pm CST November 1, 2009

A fire burned an Olathe house killing a man and also prompted an oxygen tank to explode.

Fire crews rushed to a house on North Jan-Mar Drive near East Elizabeth Street around 6:30 p.m. Saturday.

Fire officials said the oxygen tank belonged to a 75-year-old and the man was smoking a cigarette when the tank exploded.

The man was burned on 98 percent of his body and died later Saturday night at the University of Kansas hospital. His 60-year-old wife and a firefighter were treated for smoke inhalation.

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