2 Hurt In University Lab Fire

Cause Of Fire Under Investigation

POSTED: 1:03 pm EDT July 27, 2007
UPDATED: 2:25 pm EDT July 27, 2007

BOSTON -- Two Brandeis University post-doctoral students were burned in a lab accident Friday morning.

Officials said Waltham police and fire departments responded to a flashback fire at the school just after 11 a.m.

A flashback fire is when oxygen fuels a fire in a cooker, causing the flame to leap.

The female student badly burned her legs and when her male lab partner tried to help her, he burned his hands.

Both were taken to Massachusetts General Hospital for treatment.

The cause of the fire was unknown.

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