A pack of cigarettes and a lighter were found on the scene.
File Photo: Joseph Kopona, 63, died after his wheelchair burst into flames as he smoked a cigarette with his oxygen tank
The man, later identified as Joseph Kopona, 63, was engulfed in flames outside an Oakwood Village nursing home in Ohio after his wheelchair caught fire on April 17. ‘I noticed the male wasn’t breathing. As we got him rolled over, he had no pulse and wasn’t breathing so I administered CPR until our fire department got there.’Photographer: Becky ParkinsonAdvertisement
Embassy HealthCare, the company that manages the nursing home, released this statement: ‘At Embassy HealthCare resident care and safety is the highest priority.
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