ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – An “unknown substance” on a school bus prompted a hazmat response from Orange County Fire Rescue that resulted in the treatment of 10 students, according to officials.
Fire crews were called Thursday afternoon to Forsyth Woods Elementary School along Curtis Street.
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Firefighters said there were 50 children on the bus, and 10 of them were assessed for symptoms. Orange County Fire Rescue originally reported that the patients had been affected by pepper spray but later backtracked, saying officials could not definitively identify what the patients were exposed to.
No one was taken to the hospital.
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No information was released about how the patients were exposed to the “unknown substance.”
Orange County Public Schools sent the following statement:
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