WESTON – A carbon monoxide leak was detected at Cypress Bay High School in Weston for the second time in a week.
High levels were detected again on Monday morning around 10 a.m. in the cafeteria area, a leak was discovered, and it has been capped. All staff and students are safe. The district said cafeteria services have been affected.
On Friday, high levels of CO in the cafeteria around 11:30 a.m. sent four employees and a paramedic to the hospital. No students were affected. Those in the building that houses the cafeteria were moved to another building and the entire network of gas piping to the school was shut off. Two hazardous materials teams ventilated the building and the carbon monoxide levels dropped to low.
Cypress Bay High School is the largest high school in the state with approximately 4,800 students.
Carbon monoxide is an invisible, odorless, tasteless gas and is highly poisonous. Depending on the level of exposure, CO may cause fatigue, weakness, chest pains for those with heart disease, nausea, vomiting, headaches, confusion, impaired vision, loss of consciousness and in severe cases, death.
