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Boston University student injured by explosion of nitirc gas vial on Cummington Mall in Boston



BU student cut by shattered vial in hazmat incident 


   By J.D. Capelouto Globe Correspondent


Cummington Mall, Boston, Mass.

June 22, 2016

A Boston University student doing research in one of the school’s labs was sent to the hospital Wednesday afternoon after he was injured by a broken vial, fire officials said.

The man suffered a cut to the hand and a small cut to his neck and is expected to survive, Boston fire spokesman Steve MacDonald said.

The victim, a graduate student, was working with nitric gases in a lab on Cummington Mall at about 2:30 when one of the chemicals had a bad reaction, MacDonald said.

A “hazmat situation” was declared, but the chemicals were contained to that lab, he said.

BU spokesman Colin Riley said the building is safe and the space was being cleaned.