6 adults, 1 student taken to hospital after battery charger overheats at school
Six adults and one student were taken to the hospital as a precaution Monday morning after a overheated battery charger released a vapor inside the Manville School. Boston Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald said firefighters responded to the school around 9:30 a.m. after the sparking, overheated phone charger was taken into a bathroom inside the school and released a vapor when water was applied to it. The vapor caused several adults present to feel nauseous, he said. The adults and student wanted to be checked out at the hospital as a result, he said, but no evacuation of the school was necessary. MacDonald said Haz Mat technicians removed the charger from the building and all meters recorded the school’s air quality as normal. The scene was cleared and school was back in session by 11 a.m.
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