Texas 12-Year-Old Suffers Serious Burns at School

Emergency workers now say a 12-year-old girl suffered burns closer to 12 to 15 percent of her body in an experiment at a school in Southwest Austin Friday.

The girl suffered serious burns to her airway, a serious concern, said an Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services official. She also suffered burns to her face, arms and legs.

The girl was participating in an experiment with her sixth-grade class at Waldorf Austin School near the Y at Oak Hill before she suffered the burns, the official said.

Initial reports gathered by emergency workers said the class was working with water and alcohol -- and boiling the alcohol, the official said.

Earlier: A 12-year-old girl suffered second-degree burns to 20 percent of her body -- along her face, arms and legs -- in an experiment at a school in Southwest Austin on Friday morning, an Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services official said.

The incident happened at the private Austin Waldorf School at 8700 South View Road, the official said.

The girl was taken to Dell Children's Medical Center, the official said. No other injuries were reported.

Officials did not have other details on how the girl was burned.

Fire crews are removing smoke from the building, but said "(the) incident does not appear to involve the structure or any other fire activity."

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