BRENTWOOD, Pa. — A woman suffered severe burns after investigators say she tried to light a crack pipe while she was in a hospital bed.
The Brentwood Fire Department was called to the AHN Hospital on Saw Mill Run Boulevard, where Monique Henrikson, 55, of Pittsburgh, had severe burns to her face, hands and hair, court documents say.
Officials said they found that she started a fire when she tried to light a crack pipe while on oxygen.
Hospital security extinguished the flames and Henrikson was transported to a burn unit.
She faces a felony charge of causing or risking catastrophe.
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