Elementary school students fall ill during science experiment in Fukuoka

The Yomiuri Shimbun

11:19 JST, October 13, 2022

Eight children feel sick during an experiment in the science classroom at Higashi-Wakahisa Elementary School in Minami Ward, Fukuoka, on Thursday.

According to the police and the Fukuoka City Fire Department, a call came in around 10:30 a.m. Thursday. Four male and four female fourth graders reportedly each fell ill after they inhaled gas from a gas canister because their cassette stove did not light.

A doctor examined and checked them in a first aid room at the school.