Saturday, March 19, 2016

Explosion at secondary school – three students injured – Sundsvall Tidning

The injuries should not be life threatening. According to initial reports from the scene of the accident, it was about two with minor injuries and one with serious injuries.

The worst hit was bleeding in the face and complained of pain in the abdomen. At the hospital, it was clear that all three had suffered minor injuries.

The guardians are informed of the accident, according to the school on its website.

The alarm about the explosion were received at 22:10 on Thursday.

According to Rune Daniels, head of rescue operations in Rättvik, the tubes with welding gases and oxygen that exploded.

The tubes should have been stored in a small building adjacent to a machine shop near Stiernhööksgymnasiet. The building was completely destroyed in the explosion. The people were taken to hospital were outside the shed that was destroyed in the blast.

The cause of the explosion is unclear. One suspects that this is a acetylentub which left open. Since the gas has been ignited. How is unclear. It may be a spark due to an electrical fault. But it may also be because someone would deliberately set fire to a match. The gas can not ignite by itself.

– It has been said that this was a prank, says Rune Daniels. I’ve talked to the people involved that have caused the blast.

The police have cordoned off the area and will on Friday to implement a technical crime scene investigation. A criminal investigation regarding devastation endangering the public has begun.

– The minimum penalty is imprisonment for two years, says Jonas Pour, duty officer police Dalarna.

A crisis team has been set up at the school who took the boarders during Thursday evening. On Friday, the crisis group to gather other students and school staff. All in accordance with the school’s emergency plan writing school on its website.

On the municipal secondary schools are in addition to general upper secondary programs also vocational programs and apprenticeships. Internat part can take the 130 students.

The police judged not to hear the boys in the hospital overnight.

– Given their age and that all are shocked as we await with it, says Joakim Engberg, on-call investigator for the police in the Bergslagen region.

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