Carbon monoxide leak shuts down Poe Middle School

About 30 students were evacuated
from Poe Middle School in Annandale this morning due to a carbon monoxide leak,
the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department reported on Twitter. 

Students were sheltered in a warm
location on the school’s property while they waited for their parents to pick
them up. There were no injuries.

The carbon monoxide leak was in the
HVAC unit. Fire department crews shut down the system and ventilated the building. 

Related story: FCPS offers more details on the return to in-person learning

Certain special education and
career and technical students returned to in-class learning on Feb. 16. Eighth-graders
at Poe, Holmes, and Glasgow middle schools are set to return on March 2.