TMP Reports
Posted: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 3:37 pm

A Smyrna man suffered severe injuries when he apparently lit a cigarette near his oxygen tank, which ignited and burned him Wednesday at his home, a sheriff’s deputy reported.

Douglas Steele McKay Sr., 63, of Withers Avenue was admitted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Deputy Trey Nunley reported.

Center spokeswoman Ashley Culver reported McKay was listed in stable condition Thursday.

Because of the severity of McKay’s condition, Nunley drove the ambulance while paramedics treated him en route to StoneCrest Medical Center in Smyrna.

Nunley returned to the home where he found a small single mattress on the back porch with burn marks. He talked to Almaville volunteer firefighters who found the mattress and burned oxygen supply tank tubing when responding to the fire.