Qld schoolkids hospitalised from gas fumes

By EducationHQ News Team
Published May 19, 2017

Two dozen teenagers have been hospitalised after inhaling gas from a science experiment at a school in Queensland's Darling Downs region.

BRISBANE, May 19 -The students at Millmerran State School started to feel ill around 10am on Friday after being affected ...

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Qld schoolkids hospitalised from gas fumes

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