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Portland hospital fire investigated; hand sanitizer link suspected

By Oregon Live  
   February 20, 2013

On a recent Saturday morning, an 11-year-old girl ran screaming from her room at Doernbecher Children's Hospital, the front of her T-shirt aflame. Now, as Ireland Lane undergoes skin grafts and burn treatment before heading home to Klamath Falls, state investigators are trying to determine how the fire happened—and whether a mix of flammable hand sanitizer and static electricity is to blame.

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