Oxygen cylinders have been removed from all ambulances in Greater Manchester after a paramedic was injured when a tank exploded.
He was treated for burns to his hands when the cylinder "spontaneously combusted" when responding to a 999 call in Mossley in Tameside.
It happened on 17 January and the paramedic was discharged from Wythenshawe Hospital on Tuesday.
The North West Ambulance Service said the incident was being investigated.
The Healthy and Safety Executive (HSE) confirmed it was looking into the incident.
The North West Ambulance Service added: "Since the occurrence of this incident, all oxygen and entonox cylinders of this type have been removed from front line operations and replaced with similar equipment until the outcome of a wider investigation."
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