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From today¹s ACS Div CHAS list:
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2 GIRLS BURNED DURING CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENT AT MORRIS HIGH SCHOOL
https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/10/05/girls-burned-in-the-bronx/
Tags: us_NY, laboratory, fire, injury, unknown_chemical
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -Two teen girls suffered third degree burns when an
experiment they were working on in chemistry class caught fire in the Bronx
Friday.
It happened at around 1:40 p.m. at Morris High School on Boston Road in the
Morrisania section.
According to officials with the FDNY, the students were making a carbon
sugar snake. The experiment involves using alcohol, and while the experiment
was underway some vapor escaped and made contact with the flame that was
being used to create the snake, officials said. Flames shot across the
table, causing burns to the face, hands and hair of two girls, 15 and 17.
³From what I saw her arm was on fire, her sleeve,² one student said. ³When I
saw her running down the hall that¹s what I saw.²
Investigators say a teacher was in the room at the time, but it¹s not
immediately clear how a chemical was able to get close enough to a flame for
this to happen.
After the ordeal students were allowed to gather their belongings and go
home for the day. Even though their classmates are expected to recover, it
has many feeling shaken.
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