Pentagon Lockdown Due to Air Quality Issue

The Pentagon went into lockdown Thursday over an air quality issue, prompting the department to execute a shelter-in-place order for the affected area. “The Pentagon has sophisticated systems to ensure the safety of the building and its occupants. Those systems have detected an air quality issue ne

The building's systems detected an "air quality issue", a Pentagon spokesperson said, prompting a response from hazmat teams.

The Pentagon is the world's second-largest office building and is the workplace for thousands of military and civilian employees of the Defense Department.