Pentagon Lifts Severe Air Alert for 23,000 Workers After Tests Find No Hazard
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 11
Pentagon Lifts Severe Air Alert for 23,000 Workers After Tests Find No Hazard
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 11
Summary
By 1:30 p.m. ET, the Pentagon ended a shelter-in-place order and resumed normal operations after tests found no air-quality hazard in locked-down corridors.
Sensors had flagged an air-quality problem and one device detected a possible biohazard scent, prompting a severe alert and hazmat sweeps in the building's A ring.
Arlington County Fire Department and the Pentagon Force Protection Agency sent hazardous-materials teams, while affected areas were isolated and other personnel were told to avoid them.
The incident briefly disrupted part of a building that houses roughly 23,000 to 27,000 workers and relies on Pentagon Shield systems built after Sept. 11 to detect and contain airborne threats.