Calm turns to alarm after thermometer bursts in school lab

MELAKA, June 26 (Bernama) -- Pupils at Sekolah Rendah Islam Ar-Rahmah Solok Gaung experienced nausea and dizziness soon after the thermometer they were using during a science laboratory experiment today burst causing the mercury inside the glass tube to leak.

Nevertheless, the school was quick in seeking treatment for the 14 pupils aged between eight and eleven at the Ayer Molek Clinic.

It also called the Malacca Fire and Rescue Department which immediately dispatched six personnel and a fire engine to the school laboratory.

"Upon arriving at the location at 12.28 pm, the team found that the mercury had spilled from the thermometer and used special equipment to clean up the area," said a department spokesman.

The pupils were later sent home after receiving outpatient treatment.

-- BERNAMA