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ATLANTIS, Fla. (CBS12) — A hospital stay turned criminal on July 18 after a patient at JFK Medical Center allegedly started a fire inside his hospital room using oxygen tubes and a lighter.

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A hospital stay turned criminal on July 18 after a patient at JFK Medical Center allegedly started a fire inside his hospital room using oxygen tubes and a lighter.

The team came wheeling out into the hallway, the patient in a tangle of wires from the portable monitors, oxygen tubing, and iv lines. Stop! I shouted, hands up in the air. What’s going on? Lynn asked ...

The woman was wearing her oxygen tubing while smoking, and the oxygen fueled the flame, acting like a torch and catching her blanket and chair on fire, Chief Joe Greco said. No smoke or fire was ...

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