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School officials in Cape Breton say a roof collapse in Louisbourg, N.S., was due to decades-old construction, not heavy snow.
The collapse at George D. Lewis School happened over the weekend and was discovered Monday in an upstairs science classroom. There were no reports of injuries but the school will be closed for the rest of the week.
The Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board said they've determined that the damage, which measured about six metres by six metres, happened when a steel bracket holding up a roof beam in an upstairs classroom broke.
Paul Olford, the board's acting director of operational services, said the failure appeared to be due to a poor weld joint that would have dated back to the original construction of the building more than 40 years ago.
Oldford had originally speculated that the collapse was snow-related.
Temporary supports have been put in place, and officials are checking if any other schools built around the same time might be affected.
The board says it will provide an update on the Primary-Grade 9 school on Thursday.
Olford says they will have a better idea by then how long roof repairs will take and what will happen to students in the meantime.