{"id":288601,"date":"2026-04-27T20:31:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T20:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/288601\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T20:31:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T20:31:48","slug":"monroe-elementary-in-fresno-county-cancels-classes-due-to-nearby-ammonia-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/288601\/","title":{"rendered":"Monroe Elementary in Fresno County cancels classes due to nearby ammonia leak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KFSN logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/origin-kfsn.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Monday, April 27, 2026 6:35PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"ABC30 Central CA | Action News\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; An ammonia leak at a Fresno County winery has forced Monroe Elementary School to cancel classes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Fresno County Fire Department is on scene at the Vie-Del Company Winery, located on South Chestnut and East Nebraska avenues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Calls came in for the initial leak just before 9:30 a.m. Monday. Fire crews say the valve that caused the leak has been shut off and are now waiting for the residual ammonia to dissipate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Students at Monroe Elementary, which is across the street from the winery, have been sheltering in place since the leak.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">School officials say parents can pick up their children from the north side of the elementary school.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Fifty employees at the winery were also evacuated and are waiting to see if they will be able to go back into work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Stay with ABC30 for the latest details on this developing story.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Monday, April 27, 2026 6:35PM FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; An ammonia leak at a Fresno County winery&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[123474,112,114,113,123473,294],"class_list":["post-288601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-123474","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-monroe-elementary-in-fresno-county-cancels-classes-due-to-nearby-ammonia-leak","tag-timely"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}