Two students were seriously injured and another more slightly by an emanation of solvents in a school of aesthetics in Brives-Charensac (Haute-Loire), said Tuesday, November 9 the firefighters.
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Two students in absolute urgency and another in relative urgency were taken to the hospital of Puy-en-Velay after being poisoned by a solvent
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The firefighters intervened around 1:40 p.m. for a collective intoxication which affected a total of 41 people - students and teachers of this institute - following emanations of a solvent, the origin of which remains to be determined.
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Forty firefighters were still on site Tuesday at the end of the day.