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UW student burned in lab fire

A UW-Madison graduate student suffered burns to his right hand late Thursday night while conducting an experiment in the Medical Sciences Center, authorities reported.

Madison Fire Department firefighters were called to the building at 1215 Linden Drive at about 11:15 p.m. Thursday, and found smoke and haze in the building from a dry chemical extinguisher that the student used to put the fire out.