Theater at the high school I went to has been evacuated today. Attached high school fully evacuated as well.
Choir rehearsal was on-stage where several students began to feel ill and pass out. Being investigated as a carbon monoxide leak but cause is unknown at this time.
Students who have been hospitalized have been released in good condition. Additional students who did not initially present symptoms started to feel ill when returned to their middle school. EMS has been dispatched to their location.
Hazmat on-site investigating. Just set up what appeared to be a decontamination zone outside of building near lobby.
It's a 750-seat theater with full fly loft, which was an addition to the high school. Theater and auxiliary spaces are a compartmentalized structure and do not share HVAC with the school.
Bus company that delivered the students to the school has investigated the bus and not found any irregularities. Hazmat has not investigated the bus yet.
EDIT: 70 people have been transported to local hospitals
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Choir rehearsal was on-stage where several students began to feel ill and pass out. Being investigated as a carbon monoxide leak but cause is unknown at this time.
Students who have been hospitalized have been released in good condition. Additional students who did not initially present symptoms started to feel ill when returned to their middle school. EMS has been dispatched to their location.
Hazmat on-site investigating. Just set up what appeared to be a decontamination zone outside of building near lobby.
It's a 750-seat theater with full fly loft, which was an addition to the high school. Theater and auxiliary spaces are a compartmentalized structure and do not share HVAC with the school.
Bus company that delivered the students to the school has investigated the bus and not found any irregularities. Hazmat has not investigated the bus yet.
EDIT: 70 people have been transported to local hospitals
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WAUKESHA COUNTY, Wis. —
Seventy-three people were treated at Waukesha County hospitals after a morning "air quality issue" at Oconomowoc High School, an official said.
Authorities were called to the school, at 641 E. Forest St., at 9:22 a.m. after several students reported breathing issues and nauseousness, Western Lakes Fire Chief Brad Bowen said.
A county hazardous materials team was called in after first responders found nearly one dozen sick students and staff members at the school. Tests showed low levels of carbon monoxide, but Bowen said officials couldn't immediately determine the source, adding that school buses that transported students to school were also being checked.
"My daughter called me. She (was) singing choir at the theater, I guess, and she fainted. So they brought her to the nurses room. She called me from there so she told me about it," parent Jen Coates told WISN 12 NEWS.
Students and staff were not allowed to re-enter the building before they were sent home for the day. All classes and after school activities were canceled.
A determination about Friday's schedule was not immediately made.
Bowen said 32 patients were treated at ProHealth Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital. Another 32 were treated at Aurora Medical Center in Summit. Some were transported by ambulance while others arrived later in their own vehicles.
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