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A high school student has been hospitalised with serious injuries after catching fire during a senior automotive class.��

The student wasn’t wearing appropriate protection gear and was injured as a result.��

Ashburton College principal Ross Preece told the��Herald��the Year 13 student was working in the school’s automotive workshop and was using a grinder at the time.��

He wasn’t wearing a protective apron, Preece said, and the student managed to set fire to his clothes.��

Ross Preece said the school would be conducting a follow-up process into what happened. Photo / Ashburton Guardian��

Preece said the class pupils were shocked as they watched the incident unfold.��

“The class are fine and the student was standing conscious, the family have been notified,” the principal said.��

“Lesson learned, but he’s sustained a burn around his midriff.”��

Preece said the school will be conducting a follow-up process to determine of the circumstances of the accident.��

“I was speaking to one of his classmates and he said the class have been told many times to wear the correct PPE.”��

St John said it responded to the incident with an ambulance and said the person involved had serious injuries.��

The student was taken to Christchurch Hospital for treatment.��