A Texas high school teacher who burned a student when she put hand sanitizer on his hands and set them on fire as part of a science experiment has resigned.
Granbury Police said they responded to Granbury Middle School on Friday “to a report of a student burned to death on campus.”
Investigators determined that a 37-year-old teacher “put hand sanitizer in the hands of a 12-year-old male student and lit the hand sanitizer as part of a science experiment,” police said.
The experiment was done “several times during the day with other students without incident,” police said. But the 12-year-old may have suffered third-degree burns to his hands. Nothing was known about his condition on Thursday.
The investigation into the incident will be referred to the prosecutor when it is completed, police said.
A statement of Granbury Independent School District said in a statement that the teacher involved in the incident has resigned and is no longer a district employee.
Granbury is about 40 miles southwest of Fort Worth.
