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The culinary classroom where the Spanish students were cooking.

Hot oil accident in Spanish sends students home with burns

Ayanna Gupta, Staff Writer Jun 10, 2025

On May 28, a cooking project in a Westford Academy Spanish III Honors class left five students with minor burns after hot oil popped while churros were being fried. The incident happened during a three-day cooking assignment where students were required to research a traditional food from a Spanish-speaking...