Gas leak at South Auckland high school

Photo / Rachel van Luyt

A gas leak at a South Auckland high school has been sealed after a digger hit a gas main on its grounds this morning.

A Fire Service spokesman said emergency services were called to Sancta Maria College on Te Irirangi Drive in Flat Bush about 10.20am.

The gas leak caused the school's alarms to activate and the school was evacuated.

No one was hurt and students were back in their classrooms by 11am.

A Vector Energy spokeswoman said contractors had been on the scene and expected to have the leak completely sealed by 3pm.

Sancta Maria College principal Tony Giles said some students experienced mild nausea as a result of the leak and were monitored closely.

Vector staff had taken readings around the school following the leak and deemed it safe, he said.