Two Boys Badly Hurt in Chemistry Lab Blaze
Two Huntington Beach High School students were seriously burned Friday when a fire flared as they worked in a chemistry lab on the last day of school.
Brian Cross, 17, and Tyler Haureiter, 16, were taken to Western Medical Center in Santa Ana.
Cross was in serious condition with second- and third-degree burns over 38% of his body, mostly on the upper torso. Haureiter was in fair condition with burns on his neck and head.
Details were sketchy about what happened in the 7:30 a.m. class.
School officials said only that the accident had resulted “from a supervised classroom chemistry lesson.”
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