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9 Students Taken to Hospital after School Evacuation

North Stafford High School sits on Garrisonville Road in North Stafford (Photo: Mary Davidson/PotomacLocal.com)

North Stafford, Va. -- A chemistry experiment gone wrong forced he evacuation of North Stafford High School this morning.

Nine students at the school were taken to a local hospital after gas-like odor permeated through the building’s air ducts. Eight of the nine students exhibited signs of nausea and a ninth student had an unrelated medical emergency while rescue crews were on scene, said Stafford fire and rescue spokesman Mark Doyle.

All of the students who were taken to a hospital are expected to recover, he added.

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