Bapatla (Andhra Pradesh) : As many as 24 students fell ill due to release of toxic gases in a lab accident that took place at the Bapatla Kendriya Vidyalaya in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday. It happened when an experiment was being done by sixth class students in the science lab. The experiment went awry and toxic gases were released.
AP CMO officials inquired about the incident. Bapatla District Joint Collector & Additional District Magistrate B. Subbarao visited the affected students.
As a result of the gas release, 24 students who were working in the lab fell ill. They ran out of the lab as they could not breathe. Some of these students fell ill and the teachers shifted them to the Bapatla Government Hospital.