Chemistry Teacher Burned, Science Wing Evacuated

Posted at: 09/10/2012 11:07 AM

STOUGHTON, Wis. (AP) - A chemistry teacher has been taken to the hospital and the science wing has been evacuated at Stoughton High School after a classroom experiment went awry.

School officials say the female teacher suffered burns in a small fire Monday morning. Students who were in the chemistry classroom are being evaluated by first responders.

Superintendent Assistant Bev Mansfield says there was a lot of smoke, so about ten classrooms in the science wing were evacuated.

There's no immediate word on the teacher's condition.

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