Cell phone battery fire causes smoke in high school, Colorado Springs CO
Fire & ArsonA cell phone battery caught fire in a bathroom at Mitchell High School, causing smoke that affected around seven people. They are experiencing dizziness and fainting. Emergency crews are ventilating the school and providing care to the patients on scene. There is no evidence of arson.
Audio|Source: Colorado Springs Fire and EMS
07:38
Transcript:
01:23
This match for command, we had a cell phone that started on fire in the bathroom and several patients that were exposed to the smoke and complaining that dizziness and fainting, we have approximately seven patients.
01:35
We're working on ventilating the school and triaging patients.
05:28
Like all companies from Command, we're at Mitchell High School. What we've had was a cell phone battery that caught fire,
05:34
smoked up the hallway pretty good, and now we just have multiple patients, roughly 7 to 8 patients with some respiratory symptoms.
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Location mentioned:
Near Potter Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80909
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