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04/12/2007
Chemical Hazard Alert As Pupil Sprays Classroom
Five pupils and a teacher have been injured in a chemical incident at a North Wales school.
Firefighters were called to Ysgol Dyffryn Nantlle, Penygroes in Caernarfon after a student sprayed a cleaning substance in class.
It is understood that the other children in the class have been sent home as a precautionary measure.
North Wales Police are currently trying to identify the substance, which is understood to have brought into the school by the pupil.
County safety manager Terry Williams said: "The teacher took all the right actions for such an incident by opening all the windows to aid ventilation, ensuring the pupils were taken outside to safety and calling the emergency services."
There are more than 500 pupils at the comprehensive school.
(KMcA)
Firefighters were called to Ysgol Dyffryn Nantlle, Penygroes in Caernarfon after a student sprayed a cleaning substance in class.
It is understood that the other children in the class have been sent home as a precautionary measure.
North Wales Police are currently trying to identify the substance, which is understood to have brought into the school by the pupil.
County safety manager Terry Williams said: "The teacher took all the right actions for such an incident by opening all the windows to aid ventilation, ensuring the pupils were taken outside to safety and calling the emergency services."
There are more than 500 pupils at the comprehensive school.
(KMcA)
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