Orangeburg, SC (WLTX) - South Carolina State University officials say a chemistry lab technician and five students have been released from the hospital after an explosion Monday in a campus lab.
The explosion took place in a lab at the Leroy Davis Sr. Science Complex around 4:20 p.m.
The school says the lab technician received injuries to her forearm and the students were treated for exposure to fumes during the evacuation.
The five were taken for treatment for a few hours at the Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg.
The school credits the building's ventilation system for preventing more students from being exposed to the fumes.
The cause of the explosion remains under investigation. Regularly scheduled classes in Leroy Davis Hall and Hodge Hall are suspended until further notice.