{"id":7205,"date":"2026-06-11T16:35:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T16:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/firefighters-on-scene-at-pentagon-during-hazardous-materials-incident\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T16:35:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T16:35:22","slug":"firefighters-on-scene-at-pentagon-during-hazardous-materials-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/firefighters-on-scene-at-pentagon-during-hazardous-materials-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefighters on scene at Pentagon during \u2018hazardous materials incident\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span>DEVELOPING STORY, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Department of Defense spokesman says \u2018shelter-in-place order\u2019 given after air quality issue detected.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Firefighters are investigating a hazardous materials incident at the Pentagon, the sprawling facility that houses the US Department of Defense, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Thursday, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said the \u201cdepartment is executing standard protection \u2060protocols, including a shelter-in-place order for the affected area\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Pentagon has sophisticated systems to ensure the safety of the building and its occupants,\u201d Parnell said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose systems have detected an air quality \u2060issue necessitating precautionary measures \u2060until we determine its significance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a post on X Arlington County fire and rescue said its \u201cunits, including our Hazardous Materials Team, are currently operating at the Pentagon in support of PFPA\u2019s Hazmat Team during a hazardous materials incident\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Further details were not immediately available.<\/p>\n<p>The 600,000 square meter Pentagon is the world\u2019s largest low-rise office building. Nearly 30,000 military and civilian personnel work at the facility each day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEVELOPING STORY, Department of Defense spokesman says \u2018shelter-in-place order\u2019 given after air quality issue detected. Firefighters are investigating a hazardous materials incident at the Pentagon, the sprawling facility that houses the US Department of Defense, according to authorities. In a statement on Thursday, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said the \u201cdepartment is executing standard protection \u2060protocols, &#8230; <a title=\"Firefighters on scene at Pentagon during \u2018hazardous materials incident\u2019\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/firefighters-on-scene-at-pentagon-during-hazardous-materials-incident\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Firefighters on scene at Pentagon during \u2018hazardous materials incident\u2019\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}