EDGEMERE, Md. — A woman who suffered critical injuries in a fire at a senior living apartment in Edgemere earlier this month has died.
According to officials, 64-year-old Darnell Louise Hall was a resident at St. Luke's Place on Lodge Farm Road where the fire occurred.
Investigators believe the fire was set accidentally by a woman who was smoking in her home while using oxygen.
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"A fire ignited and trailed along the oxygen tubing, burning the patient and igniting the couch where she was sitting," the Baltimore County Fire Department said in a press release. "Medical oxygen is enriched, leading to a greatly increased fire hazard because oxygen makes fires burn hotter and spread faster. Smoking should not occur in homes with patients on medical oxygen."
