University of Idaho officials say four students were injured in an explosion late Thursday while testing experimental rocket fuel in a parking lot on campus.
The students, all members of a student club called the Northwest Organization of Rocket Engineers, underwent surgery at Gritman Medical Center in Moscow and were recovering there Friday morning.
One student was initially listed in critical condition, but a hospital spokesman said Friday afternoon that all four students were in good condition and one had been released. The victims’ parents have been notified.
The hospital spokesman said the students did not want their names released, although reports indicate two are leaders of the student club. Officials said three of them study engineering.
The explosion happened just before 10 p.m. on the east side of the steam plant that generates power for the campus, Daniel Ewart, UI’s vice president for infrastructure, said at a news conference.
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