Fire Rescue News - Middle Township man dies after fire sparked while working on car
A 72-year-old Middle Township man died Saturday after sparking a fire while working on his car, police said.
The incident took place just after 11 a.m. in the Green Creek section near Route 47.
The man, whose name was not released pending notification of his family, was using a......Continue Reading
grinding tool to remove a lug nut from his vehicle in front of his house, Sgt, Rich Mchale said in a statement.
"A spark from the grinding action ignited his oxygen tube and burned the man on his face," McHale said.
Middle Township Police and Rescue were called to the scene and took the man to Cape Regional Medical Center in Cape May Court House, McHaler said, where he was pronounced dead after repeated attempts to revive him with CPR.
The statement added that "contrary to reports, there was no explosion and this was not an ‘industrial related accident.'"
