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Chemical explosion injures student at the University of Minnesota

The student was was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Credit: KARE 11

MINNEAPOLIS — A University of Minnesota student was injured Friday in a chemical explosion inside a laboratory on the Minneapolis campus.

The incident happened in Smith Hall around 4 p.m. 

The student was was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The University of Minnesota Police Department, Minneapolis Fire Department, and paramedics responded to the scene.

Smith Hall was evacuated after the explosion and reopened a short time later.

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