Fourteen children are rushed to hospital after massive gas leak at school
- Gas leak at St George Primary School, Queensland
- Paramedics assessed 32 patients including 27 children
- Two adults and 14 children taken to hospital
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Fourteen children have been rushed to hospital after they were overcome by a major gas leak at their primary school in rural Queensland.
Emergency Services rushed to St George State School, 500km west of Brisbane, at around 9.30am on Tuesday following reports gas cylinders beside the administration building were leaking.
Queensland Ambulance services sent a medical team of two doctors and four Nurses to the school to assess the staff and children.
A total of 32 patients were assessed including 27 children aged between five and 14 years old.
Two adults and 14 children were taken to St George Hospital for treatment after suffering from abdominal pain, nausea, mild respiratory symptoms and headaches.
Fourteen students aged 5-14 from St George Primary School (pictured) were taken to hospital after gas cylinders near the school’s office began to leak
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A total of 32 patients were assessed at the school before two adults and 14 children were taken to hospital for treatment after suffering from abdominal pain, nausea and headaches
The children are in a stable condition.
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services and local council quickly isolated the gas cylinders near the school’s office.
Queensland Ambulance Services senior operations supervisor John Nolan said the small medical team did a ‘good job’ despite the high number of casualties.
‘The crew did a really good job by initiating the medical response from St George hospital,’ Mr Nolan said.
‘Then we had crews come down from Surat and I came down from Roma.’
St George is a rural town in the Shire of Balonne and is considered the gateway to Queensland’s outback.
The community has a population of 3,120 people, according to the 2021 census.
