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Cabuyao mayor suspends school fire drills after 112 students hospitalized

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<p>The mayor of Cabuyao, Laguna has ordered the temporary suspension of all school fire drills in the city after more than 100 students were hospitalized during a school fire drill. </p><p>Mayor Dennis Hain said a total of 112 students of Gulod National High School Mamatid Extension were rushed to different hospitals due to dizziness and fainting after attending a fire drill in their school. </p><p>&quot;Some had comorbidities. Natakot din ako kasi yung iba nanginginig. Tumitirik ang mata,&quot; he said in a TeleRadyo interview. </p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/DenHa2022/videos/1692891754504847" data-width="auto"> </div><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The mayor earlier said some 3,000 students were first ordered to stay in a classroom during the drill and then brought out into the school&#x27;s open field under the heat of the sun. By 2 p.m., temperatures during the fire drill ranged from 36 to 43 degrees Celsius, he earlier said. </p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/DenHa2022/videos/975457967141548" data-width="auto"> </div><p>Hain noted school authorities failed to coordinate the fire drill with local authorities. &quot;Ang pagkukulang lang ay hindi nacoordinate sa opisina. Wala hong trained fire respondents,&quot; he said. </p><p>All school fire drills are suspended for now, the mayor said, adding that he will call for a meeting with school principals in the city &quot;so that this won&#x27;t happen again.&quot; </p><p>The fire drill at Gulod National High School Mamatid Extension was the second one conducted, based on a Department of Education memo.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2510580" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

The mayor of Cabuyao, Laguna has ordered the temporary suspension of all school fire drills in the city after more than 100 students were hospitalized during a school fire drill. 