A student is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a fire at a Wingham high school.
Emergency crews were called about the incident at F.E. Madill Secondary School shortly after 8 a.m. on Tuesday.
Few details have been released, but the Avon Maitland District School Board confirmed the school will be closed for the rest of the day and that students have been safely relocated to Maitland River Elementary School. Parents will be contacted by phone to make arrangements for their child to walk home, be picked up, or taken home by bus.
The board's tragic events response support team is being brought in to assist students who witnessed the incident as they arrived for class.
Emergency crews remain on the scene, and the area has been blocked off. Fire officials will assess the damage to determine when the school can be safely reopened. The public is being urged to avoid the area for the time being.
Huron County OPP are asking anyone with video footage of the incident not to share it.
The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information that can assist investigators should call police at 1-888-310-1122 or report anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).
