WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — It was a scary morning for families at Cypress Junction Montessori School after a carbon dioxide (CO2) detector went off, triggering a full evacuation and sending more than a dozen students to the hospital.
Fire crews from both Winter Haven and Polk County raced to the school, located at 330 Ave. B SW, shortly after the alarm sounded.
Thankfully, teachers acted fast. By the time firefighters rolled up to the scene, the building was already empty. Staff had moved the students out of the school and safely over to a building next door to get them away from the fumes…