{"id":397015,"date":"2026-09-11T16:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T16:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/397015\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T16:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T16:22:08","slug":"multiple-students-impacted-in-fart-spray-incident-at-fort-lauderdale-school-cops-say-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/397015\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple students impacted in \u2018fart spray\u2019 incident at Fort Lauderdale school, cops say \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three students were hospitalized and multiple others were impacted after a “fart spray” incident at a Fort Lauderdale school on Friday, officials said.<\/p>\n

Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue officials said crews responded to Virginia Shuman Young Elementary School after receiving a report that a student had sprayed an “odor-causing substance” in a room.<\/p>\n

Fort Lauderdale Police described it as a “fart spray.”<\/p>\n

The school was placed on a hold status and 10 students were evaluated for complaints of respiratory distress, officials said.<\/p>\n

Three students were taken to a local hospital as a precaution.<\/p>\n

Images and videos showed police and fire rescue crews, including a hazmat truck, outside the school.<\/p>\n

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Fort Lauderdale Police and Fire Rescue crews respond to Virginia Shuman Young Elementary School following a “fart spray” incident.<\/p>\n

Hazmat teams responded and took readings and determined no hazards were present.<\/p>\n

“Today, a student brought a spray to school and discharged it in a hallway, restroom and classroom. Several students reported experiencing symptoms. As a precaution, the affected areas were cleared, and the school was placed on a hold,” Principal Cyndi Felton said in a message to parents and guardians. “Emergency medical personnel and hazmat officials are responding to assess the situation. The spray bottle has been located. We will provide additional information as it becomes available. The safety of our students and staff remains our highest priority.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three students were hospitalized and multiple others were impacted after a “fart spray” incident at a Fort Lauderdale…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397016,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-397015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}