SYDNEY, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-five Australian students were seriously ill after mistakenly eating a kind of camping product, thinking it was popping candy.
Australian emergency services said on Monday that 25 students from Deception Bay state school, north of Brisbane, complained of nausea and burning in their throats after consuming "Mystical Fire."
Mystical Fire is a chemical product used on camp sites to create fire with multi-colored flames. The chemical is said to be looking very much like popping candy.
Queensland Ambulance told NewsCorp that four students were taken to hospital for treatment while the rest were sent home with their parents.
A parent said their 10-year-old child was offered the chemical from another older student. The chemical was described as looking like "white popping candy."
A Queensland police spokesman said the substance consumed by the students was not a synthetic drug, adding that it had left the matter to the education department for further investigation.
