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Three students and a teacher were hospitalized after a chemistry class demonstration went wrong at a Virginia high school on Wednesday.
The ensuing fire injured a fourth student at Dinwiddie County High School, but that student was not hospitalized, authorities said.
The blaze was reported around 9:20 a.m. at the school about 30 miles south of Richmond, the county fire department said in a Facebook post. All students were evacuated from the school.
One injured student was airlifted from the scene to a hospital, the department said. Two students and the teacher were transported in ambulances.
“The exact chain of events leading up to the fire remains under investigation,” Dinwiddie County Public Schools said.
But students interviewed by local television stations described an explosion, one that was strong enough to be felt throughout the entire school.
“It was almost like a rumble, like an earthquake, then after that all we heard was screaming, and then we realized something was wrong,” sophomore Nicholas Peters, who said he wasn’t near the chemistry classroom, told local CBS affiliate WTVR. “It was definitely utter chaos.”
In a classroom closer to the incident, student Alonna Perkins said the walls shook.
“It sounded like someone was going through the wall,” Perkins told WTVR. “I was nervous, scared. I thought it was a fight though.”
The school will hold remote classes on Thursday before students return on Friday.
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