1 Taken To Hospital After Chemical Spill At BU

BOSTON, MA — A person was taken to the hospital after chemicals spilled on him at Boston University, fire officials said.

The person was decontaminated and taken to the hospital. The Boston Fire Department said there was a report of a person "mixing chemicals under the hood."

Fire officials say the building was deemed safe and the situation was turned over to campus police. The fire department's HazMat team will stay on the scene to decontaminate the area.

Authorities responded to the Life Science and Engineering Building on Cummington Mall.

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