Multiple workers were hospitalized after a carbon monoxide leak at a high school in Weston Friday morning, officials said.
The incident happened around 9:30 a.m. at Cypress Bay High School, where a group of cafeteria workers reported experiencing lightheadedness and nausea, city officials said.
Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue officials said five people were taken to Cleveland Clinic, including four cafeteria workers and one firefighter after they were exposed to carbon monoxide.
Broward County Public Schools officials said a total of eight people were impacted and all were staffers at the school. No students were injured.
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Aerial footage from Chopper 6 showed rescue workers assisting multiple people who appeared to be employees outside the school.
The cafeteria was evacuated and two hazmat teams were ventilating the building, officials said in a statement on X.
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"Crews monitored high Carbon Monoxide levels and all the gas to the building has been shut off," the statement read.
A follow-up post said the carbon monoxide levels were now low. Crews were working to determine where the leak may have come from.
“At this point we have our maintenance teams, we have hazmat, we also have the vendors in the building too just to assess the situation, find the leak, fix it, test everything out before Monday so we can make sure everyone is safe and our staff is safe in the cafeteria," Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Howard Hepburn said.
Students were given an early dismissal at the school around noon. School officials said after-school activities remained as scheduled and didn't anticipate the situation to impact school on Monday.
No other information was released.
