ATLANTA — One student at Georgia Tech has been injured after an explosion in one of the school’s labs.
A spokesperson for Georgia Tech says there was a chemical explosion inside one of the labs in the Molecular Science and Engineering Building in the BioQuad area of campus.
They say one student is being treated for minor burn injuries.
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Channel 2’s Tyisha Fernandes spoke to a student off-camera who said she was in the lab when it happened and described the small explosion as frightening.
Atlanta police officers and firefighters were called to the campus just after 1:30 p.m.
Fire officials say the student was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital.
Many people who work in the building evacuated as a precaution, but have returned to their offices.
Environmental Health and Safety experts are on the campus to make sure the area is safe.
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