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This may turn out to be nothing, but as of right now 69 Students have been isolated, parents have been asked to stay away and 11 ambulances are on the scene at Stretton State College, south of Brisbane. Scientists are on scene attempting to determine what the students may have come in contact with.

A Queensland school has been placed in lockdown for scientific testing after several students developed rashes. Queensland Ambulance Service officers were called to Stretton State College, south of Brisbane, around 10.30am (AEST) after three students rapidly developed a rash.

An additional 69 students, all believed to be in Year Two, were isolated from the rest of the student population amid fears they may have come into contact with an unknown substance.

The three students were to be taken to hospital for observation while the remainder showered as a precaution.

The school has been placed in lockdown while Queensland Fire and Rescue Service officers conduct scientific testing of the area to determine the cause of the reactions.

Parents were notified but told they could not collect their children until the lockdown finished. They were advised to avoid the area, although up to 30 turned up at the school.

“The whole school is in lockdown at the moment, which means that kids are being held in the classrooms where they were at (at the time of the contamination),” the police spokesman said.

“It will be in lockdown until the QFRS have completed their scientific tests or until they are satisfied to such an extent that there’s no danger present.”

Eleven ambulances have been called to the school including the Special Operations Response team.

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