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Gordon Blackstock

Scots council faces court after school poison gas leak left dozens of kids sick

A council is facing prosecution over a carbon monoxide leak at a school which left dozens of pupils sick and led to a major evacuation.

The poisonous gas seeped into Balmuildy Primary School in Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow, from a boiler in the middle of a school day in February 2020, leaving panicking parents rushing to rescue their children when the alarm was raised.

Almost 400 children and staff fled the campus during the incident, which insiders described as a lucky escape.

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