Forty-eight People Hospitalized After Carbon Monoxide Poisining at Atlanta School

Five hundred people were evacuated from Finch Elementary School in Atlanta, Monday morning.

Firefighters were called to the school just before 8am EST.

When they arrived they recorded extremely dangerous levels of carbon monoxide.

Forty-two students and six adults ended up being taken to local hospitals for treatment.

The rest of the students were moved to Brown Middle School, for the rest of the day.

Trained personnel spent the rest of the day ventilating the school.

After being blamed for the toxic gas, the school's furnace will be replaced.

There is no word yet on when the school will reopen.