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Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:20:24 -0400
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Subject: Firefighters treated after blaze at NY college lab
Comments: To: SAFETY
I wonder if the UCLA fire has increased the press' interest in lab
accident stories...
- Ralph
Firefighters treated after blaze at NY college lab
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--college-labfire0630jun30,0,4020828.story
June 30, 2009
TROY, N.Y. - More than a dozen firefighters are recovering after they
were exposed to smoke and chemicals after a fire broke out inside a
laboratory at an Albany-area college.
No one was seriously injured but Troy Fire Department officials say 15
firefighters were checked out at a hospital after Monday evening's
blaze in a chemical lab at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Fire Chief Tom Garrett says the fire broke out about 6:20 p.m. on the
third floor of a lab in a science building. He says a student was
working alone and accidentally ignited the fire while conducting an
experiment.
RPI officials say the student suffered burns to her hands and was
treated at Troy hospital. The college's public safety department is
conducting an investigation.
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