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  DeepDon@ao*.co* wrote (Subject: Oxygen burns):-

> Last weekend I went to Jack In the Box before diving and ate two orders of
> large fries. Well,during my decompression stop I was breathing Oxygen (as it
> had been suggested to do), and accidently belched. My burp caught fire and
> caused my lips to get burned. Was this because of the grease in the food?
> How do I O2 clean my mouth? >

Presumably the belched gas was inflammable (probably methane). I once read of
a parson whose breath often caught fire like a dragon's when he blew the altar
candles out. The cause was inflammable gas generated by a stomach ulcer. An
operation cured the trouble.

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