Thursday, August 27, 2015

EXPLOSIONS AND FIRES DURING EDUCATIONAL SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS ARE ON THE RISE: A student at Southern Illinois University is recovering after being injured in a small laboratory explosion and fire.


 
































SIUE Student Injured In Lab Explosion


Written by: News
AUGUST 26, 2015







Edwardsville, IL (KTRS) 


A student at Southern Illinois University is recovering after being injured in a small laboratory explosion and fire.

Officials at the Edwardsville campus say the 23-year-old male student was working in the new science building around 3 p.m. on Tuesday when there was a chemical reaction. The student suffered cuts to both hands, along with chemical burns on both arms. He was transported to a hospital.

The building was evacuated. Firefighters with the Edwardsville Fire Department extinguished the blaze.


University spokesman Doug McIlhagga says damage to the lab was minimal.
He says the building was re-opened for classes on Wednesday.