Medical oxygen fueled a fire early this morning at a Vancouver mobile home, displacing a woman and her pets.
Crews with the Vancouver Fire Department were called to the Vista Del Rio Mobile Home Park, 17401 S.E. 39th St., just before 2 a.m. today for a blaze reported at one of the units.
Fourteen firefighters arrived and doused the blaze, bringing it under control in about five minutes, firefighter and agency spokesman Kevin Stromberg said.
Investigators learned an elderly female had been using portable medical oxygen in bed and took out the nasal cannula to smoke a cigarette, leaving the oxygen tank on, Vancouver Fire Marshal Heidi Scarpelli said.