Three students were injured in a flash fire that occurred during a science experiment at Genoa-Kingston High School. The fire broke out at 8:17 am on October 10th in class 10A4 while Mr. Dong Schiller was conducting an experiment using methyl alcohol to identify salts. Two students suffered second-degree burns and another student was overcome with fear. All students were decontaminated and three were taken to the hospital, though there was no significant damage to the classroom. Improper supervision and methods may have caused the incident.
Three students were injured in a flash fire that occurred during a science experiment at Genoa-Kingston High School. The fire broke out at 8:17 am on October 10th in class 10A4 while Mr. Dong Schiller was conducting an experiment using methyl alcohol to identify salts. Two students suffered second-degree burns and another student was overcome with fear. All students were decontaminated and three were taken to the hospital, though there was no significant damage to the classroom. Improper supervision and methods may have caused the incident.
Three students were injured in a flash fire that occurred during a science experiment at Genoa-Kingston High School. The fire broke out at 8:17 am on October 10th in class 10A4 while Mr. Dong Schiller was conducting an experiment using methyl alcohol to identify salts. Two students suffered second-degree burns and another student was overcome with fear. All students were decontaminated and three were taken to the hospital, though there was no significant damage to the classroom. Improper supervision and methods may have caused the incident.
happened in our laboratory . It was considered a flash fire which took place at 8.17 am , on Thursday , October 10th in class 10A4 , Genoa - Kingston High School . Doung Schiller , a science instructor and all students in class involved in this incident . Mr.Dong was conducting an experiment to identify salts by the color of the flame they create . Some of the methyl alcohol ignited , causing a flash of fire . In this incident , there was no significant damage to the classroom . Unfortunately , two students suffered from two - degree burns and another student was in a state of fear . Three students were taken to hospital . The rest of students in class 10A4 went through a decontamination process . Lack of supervision and improper method might be the main causes of this incident .