Horror in the Lab ; Boy Burned After Shirt Caught Fire in Lesson

Daily Mail › September 29, 2004

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A LEADING public school was yesterday accused of flouting health and safety laws after a 12-year-old boy suffered horrific burns during a science experiment.

The pupil was leaning over a laboratory workbench at Pounds 7,000a-year Norwich School when his shirt caught fire after brushing a lit candle, a court heard.

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Horror in the Lab ; Boy Burned After Shirt Caught Fire in Lesson

His chemistry teacher desperately attempted to pat out the flames with a heatproof mat before successfully using a fire extinguisher, but the boy'...

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