Explosion in Prievidza Grammar School Lab Injures Two People

Prievidza, 23 June (TASR) - Six professional firefighters from Prievidza (Trencin region) responded to an explosion in a chemistry lab at a grammar school in Prievidza, where two people were injured, TASR learnt from Marian Petrik, spokesperson for the Regional Directorate of the Fire and Rescue Corps (HaZZ) in Trencin, on Monday. According to Petrik, the spaces of the chemistry classroom were inspected by firefighters wearing breathing apparatus. The explosion apparently didn't cause damage in the room, and no windows were broken. Spokeswoman of the Operational Centre of the Rescue Medical Service of the Slovak Republic Petra Klimesova stated that paramedics treated a 43-year-old woman with difficulty breathing directly at the scene. “An eighteen-year-old patient was transported to the hospital in Bojnice [Trencin region] with burns to the neck and superficial injuries to other parts of the body,” Klimesova added. lin/mcs