Nearly 2,500 students from the Antoine-Bourdelle high school, in Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne), have been deprived of lessons since Monday at the end of the navy.
After a rupture of the pipe, the management was forced to send the teenagers home and to close the doors of the establishment until further notice, reports Actu Toulouse.
It was indeed impossible to use the sanitary facilities and the heating in the buildings.
The interns, numbering 200, were also forced to pack their bags to return home.
900 m3 of water to be evacuated
The basements of the school were flooded: the firefighters had to evacuate 900 m3 of water, specifies
La Dépêche
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Although no leaks were observed after the high school was filled with water, the circuits and electronic cards of the boiler were damaged.
Depending on the evolution of the situation, the Antoine-Bourdelle high school could again welcome students from Thursday.
If the damage is too great, distance courses could be set up.
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Montauban
Occitania
High school
Flood
Firefighters