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Experts Growing New Skin for Swiss Fire Victims
Massachusetts Fire Marshal Jon Davine warns bars about illegal sparklers after a New Year’s Eve fire in Switzerland killed 40 people, citing past local fire incidents linked to sparklers.
- Treating survivors of the New Year's fire at Le Constellation, Swiss authorities report efforts to grow skin tissue, with investigators linking sparklers to the blaze, which killed 40.
- Investigators found small sparklers attached to bottles, and say sparklers and sparkling candles can stay hot enough to ignite materials after appearing out; Massachusetts Fire Marshal Jon Davine warned proprietors about illegal pyrotechnic devices.
- From small biopsies, technicians produce one to three batches of 2,600 sq cm keratinocyte tissue from 10 sq cm of patients' healthy skin biopsies, with Cell Production Centre staff working seven days a week.
- Seven patients are being treated at Lausanne in high-humidity treatment rooms kept around 30C, requiring skin grafts within two days, though graft success is not guaranteed.
- The disaster recalls the Station Nightclub fire and safety reforms, while the Cell Production Centre at Lausanne University Hospital plays a central role in treating burns over 50 to 60 percent of body surface area.
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Experts growing new skin for Swiss fire victims
The Cell Production Centre at Lausanne University Hospital is working flat out trying to grow new skin for badly-burned survivors of Switzerland's New Year bar fire tragedy.
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Editorial: Swiss bar tragedy highlights potential of deadly flash fires
Consider it a cautionary tale of the price paid for ignoring signs of clear and present danger. Following the New Year’s fire that killed 40 revelers and injured another 100 at a Swiss mountain resort nightclub, State Fire Marshal Jon Davine issued a warning to Massachusetts bars and restaurants about the fire hazards posed by sparklers. Investigators currently believe sparkling candles atop champagne bottles caused the deadly blaze at the Swiss…
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