From: Associated Press
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EXETER, N.H. -- A New Hampshire high school had to be evacuated after a chemical spill that sent three staff members to the hospital. No students were injured. Classes were cancelled at the Exeter High School at about noon on Tuesday after the chemical was discovered near the school's loading dock.
Principal Vic Sokul told The Portsmouth Herald that a custodian using a trash compactor noticed a strong smell and notified school administrators.School officials then called the fire department, which advised that the school be evacuated.
Sokul said no students were exposed to the chemical, which emergency responders believe was sulfuric acid from a container that was placed in the trash compactor. Exeter Fire Chief Brian Comeau said three high school workers were taken by ambulance for possible chemical exposure.
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