TOKYO, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Three people were injured after a bottle containing chemicals exploded in a laboratory at Japan's Nagoya University on Tuesday, local media reported.
The incident was reported to the Nagoya City Fire Department at around 11:40 a.m. local time after staff or students were cleaning a laboratory on the fourth floor of the Faculty of Science building at Nagoya University's Chikusa Campus, public broadcaster NHK reported.
According to the fire department, a bottle containing a chemical called tetrachlorosilane exploded while the room was being cleaned, and three men in their 20s and 30s were taken to the hospital.
The three suffered injuries from glass shards from the bottle and chemicals came into contact with their faces, but all are conscious, the report said.
The fire department has recovered the chemicals and other debris, and there is no longer any risk of toxic gas being released, it added. ■
