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| Ripon school: investigation under way after 27 students taken ill | |
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| About 27 students have become ill at a school in Yorkshire, with some of them collapsing and two taken to hospital, according to police. | |
| The North Yorkshire fire service said it was also at the scene, and that specialist hazardous materials officers were in attendance. | |
| The as-yet-unexplained incident took place between 11am and 11.30am at Outwood academy school in Ripon, North Yorkshire police said in a brief statement. | The as-yet-unexplained incident took place between 11am and 11.30am at Outwood academy school in Ripon, North Yorkshire police said in a brief statement. |
| The force said: “Approximately 27 students have been affected who have displayed signs of sickness and feeling faint. Some have been attended to by paramedics at the scene and others have been taken to hospital. | The force said: “Approximately 27 students have been affected who have displayed signs of sickness and feeling faint. Some have been attended to by paramedics at the scene and others have been taken to hospital. |
| “At this stage it is not known what has caused the students to fall ill and officers are working with the fire service to establish what has caused the incident.” | “At this stage it is not known what has caused the students to fall ill and officers are working with the fire service to establish what has caused the incident.” |
| A subsequent tweet from police said just two pupils had needed treatment at a hospital or other medical facility, with the others treated at the scene by ambulance staff. | |
| #Ripon: we are aware of two pupils who have attended hospital or a local medical facility. The rest treated at the scene by ambulance staff. | |
| Officers were called at about 12.30pm, the police statement said. | Officers were called at about 12.30pm, the police statement said. |
| The North Yorkshire fire service said it was called to the school at 12:21pm to reports of a number of pupils feeling unwell. | |
| It said in a statement: “Crews from Ripon and Boroughbridge are at the scene alongside hazardous materials specialist officers. A specialist detection, identification and monitoring (DIM) team from West Yorkshire fire and rescue service is also at the incident. | |
| “A number of students have been affected who have displayed signs of sickness and feeling faint. Some have been attended to by paramedics at the scene and others have been taken to hospital. | |
| “We are working with colleagues from North Yorkshire police and Yorkshire ambulance service at this time to determine what has caused this occurrence.” |