Overview

• The fire erupted inside a hyperbaric oxygen chamber at Havasu Health and Hyperbarics on Mesquite Avenue around 10:50 p.m. on July 9, trapping and fatally burning owner Dr. Walter Foxcroft, 43.
• First responders found smoke throughout the building and an intact chamber before pronouncing Foxcroft dead at the scene and confirming no other injuries.
• Hyperbaric chambers, which deliver pure oxygen at elevated pressures, create highly flammable environments prone to rapid flash fires.
• Lake Havasu City fire and police departments have launched a joint investigation and closed the clinic pending a determination of the blaze’s cause.
• This incident marks at least the second fatal hyperbaric chamber fire in the United States this year, intensifying calls for stronger industry safety regulations.