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DAMAGE IS ESTIMATED AT
105-THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AN EXPERIMENT DID NOT GET THE
REACTION A PROFESSOR AT E-C-C
SOUTH HAD HOPED FOR. INSTEAD,
STUDENTS FLED THE BUILDING.
NEWS 4'S LUKE MORETTI HAS THE
LATEST ON A SMALL CHEMICAL
EXPLOSION...LUKE.
EMERGENCY CREWS WERE CALLED OUT
TO THE CAMPUS THIS MORNING..
THEY QUICKLY EVACUATED ONE OF
THE BUILDING'S WHERE CHEMISTRY
CLASSES ARE TAUGHT.
(( BRIAN EVALDI: THE PROFESSOR
WAS DOING A DEMONSTRATION AND
THE DEMONSTRATION WENT WRONG. ))
BRIAN EVALDI, DEPUTY CHIEF OF
NEWTON ABBOTT FIRE COMPANY, SAYS
A CHEMICAL REACTION FORCED THE
EVACUATION OF BUILDING 3 HERE ON
ECC'S SOUTH CAMPUS. HE SAYS IT
HAPPENED INSIDE ONE OF THE
CLASSES, AND THAT FOUR PEOPLE,
INCLUDING A PROFESSOR, WERE
EVALUATED FOR EXPOSURE.
(( BRIAN EVALDI: THEY WERE JUST
EVALUATED TO MAKE SURE THERE
WERE NO CHEMICAL BURNS, MAKE
SURE THERE'S NO INHALATION
BURNS.. AND WE FOUND NONE OF
THAT. ))
BUILDING THREE, LOCATED HERE ON
CAMPUS NEAR THE ENTRANCE OF
SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD, IS
CLOSED DOWN FOR THE REST OF THE
DAY.
(( JACK QUINN/PRESIDENT, ERIE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE: WE GOT A
CLEAN UP CONTRACTOR COMING IN
THIS AFTERNOON WHO WILL CLEAN IT
UP AND CERTIFY THAT IT'S SAFE TO
GO BACK IN , AND WE'RE EXPECTING
CLASSES AS NORMAL. )) DEPUTY
FIRE CHIEF BRIAN EVALDI SAYS THE
AMOUNT OF SODIUM USED IN THE
DEMONSTRATION WAS ABOUT THE SIZE
OF A FINGERTIP.
(( BRIAN EVALDI: WHEN THE SODIUM
HIT THE ICE THERE'S A REACTION
WHEN IT HITS ICE WATER OR IT'S
CLEANED UP WITH WATER , AND WHAT
HAPPENED IS THE ICE PARTICLES
EXPLODED )) HE SAYS THERE WAS
SOME SMOKE IN THE ROOM, BUT NO
FIRE. ERIE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
PRESIDENT JACK QUINN SAYS EXCEPT
FOR BUILDING THREE, ALL CLASSES
AND ACTIVITIES ARE RUNNING
NORMALLY.
(( JACK QUINN/PRESIDENT, ERIE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE: NOBODY HURT
.NOBODY INJURED. NO THREAT TO
ANYBODY ELSE ON CAMPUS. IT'S
PERFECTLY SAFE. ))
(( JACK QUINN/PRESIDENT, ERIE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE: THE ALERT
SYSTEM WORKED. WE GOT TO
EVERYBODY. WE WERE ABLE TO
QUICKLY ASSESS WHAT WAS
HAPPENING HERE . KNOCK ON WOOD
WE'RE HAPPY IT WASN'T MUCH
WORSE. ))
ECC PRESIDENT JACK QUINN SAYS HE
EXPECTS BUILDING 3 TO BE CLOSED
FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING...