Fire Extinguisher Involved in Fatal Accident
A guest at the Brockton Hotel, Brockton, Mass., was killed in August, when a fire distinguisher, which he had caught up to use on a fire in his cot, suddenly exploded.
The guest, Howard McGraw, 55, fell asleep on a cot on the hotel roof and a cigarette he had neglected to put out set fire to the cot. The flames aroused him and he ran for the fire extinguisher. According to unconfirmed news reports, as he started to use it, it suddenly burst apart. A jagged piece of metal casing severed his jugular vein and he bled to death.
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