Maine student passes out, 11 taken to hospital as cause of illnesses remains unknown

Eleven third- and fourth-grade students were taken to the infirmary connected Thursday arsenic a precautionary measurement aft reporting "respiratory distress," contempt the information that investigators could not find a imaginable origin of illness.

More than 100 students astatine Wentworth School successful Scarborough, Maine, were assembled connected risers connected the school's cafeteria signifier practicing for an upcoming performance erstwhile 1 pupil passed retired and others began to "make carnal complaints of a respiratory nature," the school's superintendent said during a property briefing.

Emergency aesculapian services were called to the country conscionable aft 10 a.m., and the 11 students were taken to infirmary "for further valuation and precautionary measures," Scarborough schools' Superintendent Dr. Diane Nadeau said.

The remaining students were walked to adjacent Scarborough High School, portion occurrence investigators worked to find a imaginable origin of the reported illnesses.

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Eleven simple students taken to the infirmary arsenic "precautionary measure," Superintendent Diane Nadeau says. (WGME)

Students and unit had "made a afloat return" to the gathering arsenic of Monday afternoon, Nadeau said. 

Scarborough Fire Chief Rich Kindelan echoed Nadeau's timeline of events, adding that they received a study of a imaginable state leak "and immoderate students successful respiratory distress."

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Scarborough Fire Chief Rich Kindelan said they received a study of a imaginable state leak "and immoderate students successful respiratory distress." (WGME)

"We did metre the gathering doubly from 2 antithetic occurrence section meters arsenic a redundancy, conscionable to marque sure," Kindelan said. "And determination were nary hazards recovered successful the gathering oregon successful the country of the incident."

"The schoolhouse does person occurrence detection and c monoxide detection successful the areas that it's required," helium continued. 

A Google Maps look astatine the schoolhouse successful Scarborough, Maine. (Google Maps)

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The school's superintendent said the somesthesia was not assessed astatine the clip the students were grouped unneurotic connected the risers. She was unclear if the schoolhouse performance would spell connected Thursday evening. 

Fox News' Jennifer Johnson contributed to this report.