"Employee error blamed in Reno museum flash fire" Associated Press September 05, 2014
RENO — A flash fire that injured 13 people at a Nevada science museum happened when an employee applied the chemicals in the wrong order during a tabletop demonstration about the mechanics of tornadoes, officials said Thursday.
Reno firefighters said a three- to five-second blaze erupted Wednesday at the Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum....
‘‘It was a simple oversight by the presenter,’’ Reno Fire Chief Michael Hernandez said in a statement.
Eight children and one adult were transported to a Reno hospital for minor burns or smoke inhalation, Reno spokesman Matthew Brown said. One child remained hospitalized in good condition on Thursday, according to officials at Renown Regional Medical Center.
Four other people were treated at the scene, but their ages were not available.
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Related: "Four children died when fire raced up a stairwell in an apartment building on Chicago’s far South Side early Monday."
