Students taken to hospital after chemical spill at Gungahlin school

Students have been taken to hospital after a chemical spill at a Gungahlin school this morning.

Emergency services were called to Burgmann Anglican School after a small spill of sulphuric acid in a science laboratory.

ACT Ambulance Service intensive care paramedics assessed 24 patients with sulphuric acid exposure.

Ambulance Service intensive care paramedics have taken five students to Calvary Hospital and eight to the Canberra Hospital, with minor injuries.

The spill has been contained.