THREE STUDENTS LOST THEIR LIFE IN UNIVERSITY LAB EXPLOSION

Three students lost their life in a laboratory blast at a Beijing university today, this was reported by the city’s fire department.

The incident occurred just after 9:30am (0130 GMT) in the western part of the city, at the Beijing Jiaotong University.

Nothing less than 30 fire engines were sent to the location, and took almost an hour to get the control of the blaze. Investigation are now on by the Local authorities to know the cause of the incident.

“There was an explosion at the experimental site during a scientific research experiment” on wastewater treatment in the Environmental Engineering Laboratory", the Beijing Fire Department reported.

“The accident caused three students to die,” this was further reported in a statement posted on the Beijing Fire Department social media account".