His mother was also injured. By Hank Sanders A fire started inside an oxygen-rich hyperbaric chamber at a Michigan medical facility on Friday, causing it to explode, killing a 5-year-old boy who ...

(CBS DETROIT) - Investigators continue to search for answers after a 5-year-old Royal Oak boy was killed when a hyperbaric oxygen chamber exploded last week. Troy police said it happened Friday ...

TROY, Michigan -- A pressurized oxygen chamber exploded Friday, killing a 5-year-old patient and injuring his mother at a suburban Detroit medical facility. The hyperbaric chamber explosion ...

The medical facility is closed until further notice. "A hyperbaric chamber contains 100% oxygen which is up to five times the amount than a normal room," Lieutenant Keith Young with Troy fire said.

Under normal conditions, oxygen is transported through the blood by red blood cells. However, when a patient is placed in a hyperbaric chamber, the increased atmospheric pressure allows more oxygen to ...

A hyperbaric oxygen chamber, a pressurized device that contains 100% oxygen gas, exploded with the Royal Oak boy inside, law enforcement and fire officials said at a news conference Friday.