Elementary School evacuated after carbon monoxide leak

All 500 students were evacuated from an Atlanta primary school on Monday after a poisonous gas leak was discovered. Carbon monoxide (CO) was found leaking from the heating system at Finch Elementary School. The students were evacuated and the school parking lot was cordoned off. More than 40 children were taken to local medical centers. The school had no carbon monoxide detectors. When fire officials reached the school, the highest CO readings was measured 1,700 parts per million. SOURCE: THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION, 11alive