The accident took place shortly before 4 p.m., in one of the buildings dedicated to scientific studies, on the Isère university campus of Saint-Martin-d'Hères, near Grenoble.
According to France Bleu, an explosion whose origin is still unclear caused a serious injury, probably a student in molecular chemistry, the drama having taken place in the building dedicated to this department, which would have received multiple pieces of glass.
It could act from a manipulation of chemicals, hydrogen peroxide and acetone that would have gone wrong during the cleaning phase, sketches the radio.
Firefighters were called to the scene to rescue a 25-year-old student.
They would have found him unconscious and the young man was transported to the CHU of Grenoble.
Three exploded windows
However, his life would not be in danger, indicates Le Dauphiné Libéré, who adds that one of the people who was nearby during the explosion had the reflex to do a tourniquet to the injured, pending arrival. relief.
According to the daily, the accident shattered three windows.
Sixty other people were there during the tragedy, also reports France Bleu, but none were injured.
Le Dauphiné Libéré specifies that a security guard was able to quickly contain the fire caused by the explosion, but the damage was numerous.
Police officers, dispatched on the spot, are in the process of making the first observations, in order to determine the exact origin of this tragedy, specifies the newspaper.