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Students, staff evacuate NYC school after carbon monoxide incident

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Updated  October 25, 2023 5:15pm EDT
Upper West Side
FOX 5 NY

UWS school evacuated after carbon monoxide incident

Students and staff at Booker T. Washington Middle School had to evacuate the building due to elevated carbon monoxide levels.

UPPER WEST SIDE - Students and staff evacuated Booker T. Washington Middle School on the Upper West Side after reports of carbon monoxide in the basement. 

Officials received the call around 9:43 a.m. 

SKYFox was overhead as they gathered on a field outside.

School officials tell us an external incident caused slightly elevated monoxide levels in the basement.

All students relocated to a nearby school.

The FDNY reported there were no injuries.