Pentagon locked down as hazmat crews investigate building: officials - BERITAJA

Firefighters were investigating a hazardous materials incident astatine the Pentagon connected Thursday, Arlington County occurrence and rescue officials said successful a station connected X.

The building was under lockdown pinch group evacuated from respective floors, CNN reported, citing unidentified sources. It said emergency responders were wearing afloat state masks and chemic protection suits.

“The Pentagon has blase systems to guarantee the information of the building and its occupants. Those systems person detected an aerial value rumor necessitating precautionary measures until we find its significance,” Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said successful an email.

“The Department is executing modular protection protocols, including a shelter-in-place bid for the affected area. Response teams are successful spot and fresh to support building occupants.”

Floors 2 done 5 were locked down, arsenic good arsenic immoderate corridors, CNN reported.

The five-sided Pentagon building, deed during the Sept. 11, 2001 al Qaeda attacks is 1 of the world’s largest agency buildings.