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State to inspect school roofs after Farrington collapse

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CRAIG T. KOJIMA/CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
2012 NOVEMBER 25 CTY Farrington Auditorium after roof fell in. Principal Al Carganilla spoke to media. SA photo by Craig T. Kojima
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Honolulu firefighters surveyed the damage where a section of Farrington High School auditorium's roof collapsed during heavy rain on Friday.

The state will conduct inspections of roofs at schools, designated disaster shelters and other state facilities following Friday’s roof collapse at the Farrington High auditorium, whose cause remains under investigation.

Officials said the 27-year-old roof at Farrington had had no reports of major problems.

Meanwhile, officials had no estimate for how much it would cost to make repairs to the building — described as the centerpiece of Farrington’s campus — and it remained unclear whether it could even be salvaged.

But Gov. Neil Abercrombie told reporters Monday the cleanup would be an “enormous undertaking,” and said the collapse would have surely been fatal had anyone been in the path of the debris.

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