A man who participated in a stunt involving pyrotechnics during a pep rally Thursday morning at Atlantic Community High School, in Delray Beach, was transported to a hospital with burn injuries.
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ORIGINAL POST: Several people are reported to have burn-related injuries at Atlantic High School, according to Delray Beach Fire Rescue.
School District spokeswoman Kathy Burstein said the pep rally was for the Florida Standards Assessments test. One parent, Heather Cyr, told the Post that her son sent her a video of the incident. He said he is expected to be released from the hospital Friday. Officials said 20 other students were treated at the scene. Eight other people, seven of them students, were hospitalized after breathing fire extinguisher dust, Delray Beach Fire Rescue Capt. Ed Beardsley told NBC station WPTV.
“She got out, by the grace of God”, Wilson says.
The fire breather was reportedly hired at the event created to get the students excited about upcoming exams.
The students were being treated for non-life threatening injuries, but the adult was listed in serious condition.
It wasn’t immediately clear why the performer caught fire.
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A fire breather has accidentally set himself alight during a performance in front of around 2,000 school pupils today. School district police are investigating the accident.
