Several dozen US schoolchildren apparently ate extra-hot chillis brought in by a student and were treated by medics after some had adverse reactions, officials say.
The Dayton Daily News reports emergency crews went to Milton-Union Middle School in Ohio at lunchtime on Friday after students ingested suspected ghost peppers. Five children were taken to hospitals.
School Superintendent Brad Ritchey says some students had teary eyes, blotchy skin or hives. A caller to emergency services reported two students vomiting.
Eighth-grader Cody Schmidt said he tried a chilli provided by a student he didn't know, then got worried when others nearby had physical reactions to the peppers.
How did they handle it? He says: "We all drank like 10 cartons of milk."
