Two injured in Milton Keynes school blaze

A teacher and a six-year-old boy have been injured in a blaze at a school in Milton Keynes.

Emergency services were called to the incident at Hazeley Academy at around 1.10pm yesterday (30th November).

A 35-year-old female teacher was taken to Stoke Mandeville Hospital by helicopter after suffering burns to her face and body and is currently in a stable condition. The boy was also taken to hospital with superficial burn injuries to his face and is also in a stable condition.

A spokesman for Buckingham Fire and Rescue Service revealed that the blaze started in a science lab.

"It was what appeared to be an experiment in a science lab which caused a ball of flame," he told BBC News.

"It was a flash fire which injured two people who were presumably quite close to it."

A 'suitable and sufficient' fire risk assessment must be conducted on all commercial properties in England and Wales, under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.

If the fire risk assessment is deemed to be carried out to an insufficient extent, the Responsible Person can face an unlimited fine or a prison sentence of up to two years.