20 children treated, released after methane leak at school
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Posted 7:21PM on Wednesday 7th August 2002 ( 22 years ago )
ELLAVILLE - Twenty children at a south Georgia elementary school were treated and released from a hospital after being exposed to methane gas. <br>
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The gas was coming from a floor drainage vent in a girls' restroom at Schley County Elementary school. <br>
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Superintendent William Johnson said the school and neighboring Schley County High School will be closed until Monday while crews repair the leak. <br>
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The children were taken to the Sumter Regional Hospital after complaining of headaches and nausea.
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