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100 hospitalized after German university experiment goes wrong
Jan 19, 2012, 20:00 GMT
Firefighters prepare for a rescue operation during a chemical accident at the Technical University of Dresden (TUD) in Dresden, Germany, 19 January 2012. EPA/OLIVER KILIG
Dresden, Germany - Around 100 people were hospitalized late Thursday after a chemistry experiment at a German university went wrong, emergency services and a university spokeswoman said.
Only three of those hospitalized showed severe symptoms, said a fire brigade spokesman, while the others had been brought in for observation.
Around 100 fire brigade officers had been called to evacuate the building at Dresden's Technical University in eastern Germany.
It was not immediately clear how the accident had occurred but it possibly involved arsine, a compound of arsenic and highly toxic.
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