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<div>Ontario Ministry of Labour investigators are examining oil drums at an Ottawa high school after a student died following a shop class explosion on Thursday.
Eric Leighton, 18, died Thursday night in hospital, hours after the explosion in his shop class at Mother Teresa Catholic High School.
Police and fire officials said the students were using empty oil drums to make barbecues. Fire officials said they believed that the oil in the drum was peppermint oil, and that the vapours from the oil may have ignited.
The provincial ministry has taken the lead in the investigation and is receiving assistance from Ottawa fire and police departments.
Four other students and a 33-year-old teacher were taken to hospital with minor injuries after the blast, which happened just after 10:30 a.m. on Thursday.
A spokeswoman for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board told CBC News the board is reviewing its safety policies and procedures following the incident.
"We are asking schools to avoid the use of cutting and welding equipment on enclosed containers of unknown origin, particularly those which are being recycled from their primary intended use," Sharlene Hunter said in an email.
Julian Hanlon, the director of education for the Ottawa Catholic School Board, said it is not clear what precautions were taken or where the drum came from.
Hanlon said the school did not acquire the barrels in question and the shop passed an inspection about a month ago, he said.
"We're still not sure, to be quite frank, who brought it into the school and don't have details around, you know, how that was being handled within the shop. And that's obviously the cause for concern. And that's something that we intend to get to the bottom of."
Sombre mood at school
Outside the school of close to 1,500 students, the mood was sombre Friday morning. Students walked arm in arm into the building, with many stopping at a memorial out front, where photos, flowers and cards had been left.
A crisis team of grief counsellors was at the school to help students and teachers cope, Gordon Butler, chair of the Ottawa Catholic School Board, told CBC News in a phone interview.
"They have come together in small groups and large groups throughout the school to reminisce about Eric and to remember the good things and to cry and basically start the healing process," he said.
A memorial is planned for Leighton early next week but the school won't make an announcement until Leighton's family has been consulted. More than 12,000 people have joined a Facebook memorial page to Leighton.
People who knew the Grade 12 student said Leighton was likeable and always quick to help friends.
"There was not one person who Eric didn
Eric Leighton, 18, died Thursday night in hospital, hours after the explosion in his shop class at Mother Teresa Catholic High School.
Police and fire officials said the students were using empty oil drums to make barbecues. Fire officials said they believed that the oil in the drum was peppermint oil, and that the vapours from the oil may have ignited.
The provincial ministry has taken the lead in the investigation and is receiving assistance from Ottawa fire and police departments.
Four other students and a 33-year-old teacher were taken to hospital with minor injuries after the blast, which happened just after 10:30 a.m. on Thursday.
A spokeswoman for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board told CBC News the board is reviewing its safety policies and procedures following the incident.
"We are asking schools to avoid the use of cutting and welding equipment on enclosed containers of unknown origin, particularly those which are being recycled from their primary intended use," Sharlene Hunter said in an email.
Julian Hanlon, the director of education for the Ottawa Catholic School Board, said it is not clear what precautions were taken or where the drum came from.
Hanlon said the school did not acquire the barrels in question and the shop passed an inspection about a month ago, he said.
"We're still not sure, to be quite frank, who brought it into the school and don't have details around, you know, how that was being handled within the shop. And that's obviously the cause for concern. And that's something that we intend to get to the bottom of."
Sombre mood at school
Outside the school of close to 1,500 students, the mood was sombre Friday morning. Students walked arm in arm into the building, with many stopping at a memorial out front, where photos, flowers and cards had been left.
A crisis team of grief counsellors was at the school to help students and teachers cope, Gordon Butler, chair of the Ottawa Catholic School Board, told CBC News in a phone interview.
"They have come together in small groups and large groups throughout the school to reminisce about Eric and to remember the good things and to cry and basically start the healing process," he said.
A memorial is planned for Leighton early next week but the school won't make an announcement until Leighton's family has been consulted. More than 12,000 people have joined a Facebook memorial page to Leighton.
People who knew the Grade 12 student said Leighton was likeable and always quick to help friends.
"There was not one person who Eric didn