Michigan Boy Dies In Hyperbaric Chamber Explosion

A 5-year-old boy has been killed and his mother injured after a pressurized oxygen chamber exploded at a suburban Detroit medical facility. Troy police and fire officials tell reporters that the hyperbaric chamber explosion occurred Friday morning at the Oxford Center in Troy, north of Detroit. The child had been inside the machine and was pronounced dead at the scene. The boy's mother was standing next to the chamber and suffered injuries to her arms. Police Lt. Ben Hancock said investigators don't know exactly what the child was being treated for at the center. The Oxford Center says it doesn't know why the explosion occurred.