Pentagon Issues Shelter-in-Place Order Over Air Quality Issue

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10. False Alarm

ARLINGTON COUNTY, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) — Several floors and corridors in the Pentagon were locked down and evacuated for a time Thursday morning, but officials now say it was a false alarm.

CNN reports the situation was called a “hazardous material incident,” and Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said that systems within the building had “detected an air quality issue necessitating precautionary measures.”

The Pentagon Force Protection Agency’s hazardous materials response team and the Arlington County Fire Department responded to the situation.

The security team sent a message stating that an “air quality issue” had been detected and more testing was needed.


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