Eleven third- and fourth-grade college students had been taken to the hospital on Thursday as a precautionary measure after reporting “respiratory misery,” even though investigators couldn’t decide a doable reason behind sickness.
Greater than 100 college students at Wentworth College in Scarborough, Maine, had been assembled on risers on the college’s cafeteria stage practising for an upcoming live performance when one scholar handed out and others started to “make bodily complaints of a respiratory nature,” the college’s superintendent mentioned throughout a press briefing.
Emergency medical providers had been referred to as to the scene simply after 10 a.m., and the 11 college students had been taken to hospital “for additional analysis and precautionary measures,” Scarborough colleges’ Superintendent Dr. Diane Nadeau mentioned.
The remaining college students had been walked to close by Scarborough Excessive College, whereas fireplace investigators labored to find out a doable reason behind the reported diseases.
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Eleven elementary college students taken to the hospital as “precautionary measure,” Superintendent Diane Nadeau says. (WGME)
College students and employees had “made a full return” to the constructing as of Monday afternoon, Nadeau mentioned.
Scarborough Hearth Chief Wealthy Kindelan echoed Nadeau’s timeline of occasions, including that they acquired a report of a possible gasoline leak “and a few college students in respiratory misery.”
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Scarborough Hearth Chief Wealthy Kindelan mentioned they acquired a report of a possible gasoline leak “and a few college students in respiratory misery.” (WGME)
“We did meter the constructing twice from two completely different fireplace division meters as a redundancy, simply to verify,” Kindelan mentioned. “And there have been no hazards discovered within the constructing or within the space of the incident.”
“The varsity does have fireplace detection and carbon monoxide detection within the areas that it is required,” he continued.
A Google Maps take a look at the college in Scarborough, Maine. (Google Maps)
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The varsity’s superintendent mentioned the temperature was not assessed on the time the scholars had been grouped collectively on the risers. She was unclear if the college live performance would go on Thursday night.
Fox Information’ Jennifer Johnson contributed to this report.
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