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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