Person smoking while connected to oxygen tank causes Cape Coral house fire
By NBC2 News
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CAPE CORAL, Florida (WBBH) — According to the Cape Coral Fire Department PIO, one of the occupants was smoking while connected to an oxygen tank, which caused the fire early Monday morning.
Cape Coral firefighters responded to a 2100-block South East 16th Street house in Cape Coral after a house caught on fire at around 5:20 a.m.
When firefighters arrived, they found heavy smoke and flames coming from the front of the house and the roof.
According to CCFD, the resident thought he had shut his oxygen off before lighting his cigarette.
Caution tape has been placed around the house. While firefighters extinguished the flames that had spread toward the garage.
The building inspector red-tagged the home, and Red Cross is assisting with a temporary house.
All occupants were able to get out as well as their dog, one person was transported to a hospital for smoke inhalation.
This is the second fire caused by a cigarette that Cape Coral firefighters have responded to in less than a week.
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