4 students, 1 teacher injured in high school chemistry classroom fire
Four students and a teacher suffered burns Wednesday after a fire broke out during a demonstration in a Virginia high school chemistry classroom, officials said.
The blaze was ignited at around 9:30 a.m. in the second-floor classroom at Dinwiddie High School, Dinwiddie County Public Schools officialsThe fire alarm was pulled and all students were evacuated from the building, officials said. A teacher was taken to a local hospital and three students were rushed to VCU Medical Center, including one who was transported by medical helicopter, officials said.told the station CBS6Students are seen standing outside Dinwiddie High School in Virginia Wednesday morning following an explosion and fire in a chemistry classroom.WRIC-TV
Piland said her teacher was demonstrating chemical reactions when an explosion happened and sparked a fire that spread to the first and second rows of students in the classroom.Piland said students’ faces and other body parts became engulfed in flames and they were screaming in pain as the teacher was trying to put out the flames.
Describing one of the victim’s injuries, Piland said: “His hair was crispy. His skin was peeling and his lip was busted.”“It could have been me or anybody,” senior Alanna Perkins toldThe school switched to remote learning Thursday but in-person instruction will resume Friday.Students were dismissed before noon Wednesday and remained home Thursday for remote learning, but in-person instruction at the school was expected to resume Friday.
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