One school has closed and others have shut off heating due to concerns about boilers following the fatal explosion at Orewa College.
Orewa caretaker, Richard Louis Nel, 59, died after an explosion and fire in the school's boiler room Wednesday.
The school was closed yesterday but was due to reopen today.
Salford School in Invercargill was also closed yesterday after a boiler began leaking hot water.
Principal Marlene Campbell said the boiler began leaking Wednesday and contractors were called in to examine it.
"After consulting with those involved, we decided the closing would be the best thing. Hearing about Orewa was pretty much the final nail," she told the Southland Times.
The boiler had been patched by contractors but was due to be replaced next Friday.
"The boiler couldn't be fixed, it was at the end of its life. It's been here since the school opened in 1971," she said.
Several other Southland schools had also inspected their boilers following the Orewa explosion.
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