Toontown evacuated after explosion at Disneyland, police say

[Newsjock]

Source: Los Angeles Times

Police were evacuating people Tuesday evening at Disneyland's Toontown after a report of an explosion that appeared to have involved dry ice, authorities said.

No injuries were reported in the blast, which was called in about 5:30 p.m, Sgt. Robert Dunn of the Anaheim Police Department said.

"As a precaution we have evacuated Toontown," Dunn told The Times.

He said the dry ice appeared to have been placed in a plastic bottle. Officers on the scene were gathering evidence.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-toontown-evacuated-after-explosion-at-disneyland-police-say-20130528,0,2571983.story

[Buzz Clik]

1. Gathering evidence? Of a dry ice "explosion"? How sublime.

[Arkana]

12. There's a chemistry joke in here somewhere isn't there?

[Buzz Clik]

13. Nerd alert!

Yes. It was lame, but chemistry jokes are usually lame.

[Nimajneb Nilknarf]

15. Thank you for helping to lift the theatrical fog on this story

[Buzz Clik]

16. alrighty then.

[Thor_MN]

18. Meh. Just going through a phase.

[Buzz Clik]

19. +1!!

[onehandle]

2. I knew Roger Rabbit was Al Qaeda! nt

[baldguy]

4. Nah, Judge Doom MIHOP.

[Javaman]

9. Win! nt

[premium]

3. Here's the team Disneyland has brought in to investigate the explosion.

Personally, I think this guy is responsible for the explosion.

[Auggie]

6. These guys were ready for any fire

[TrollBuster9090]

8. No Toon Can Resist The Old "Shave and a Haircut" routine...

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[Nye Bevan]

10. They need to stop that guy before he drops a safe on somebody (nt)

[rug]

5. It was the bacon grease.

[DallasNE]

7. Dry Ice Goes From Solid To A Gas

So if it is stored in a tight container pressure will quickly build up causing an explosion when the container suffers a failure from the pressure. I would not think that it would be that powerful though when in a plastic bottle -- unless someone also put BB's in the bottle.

[christx30]

14. It will give you a nice loud pop

but wouldn't do much else. I had a friend that did that one time after work in a parking lot. Put the dry ice into a Mt. Dew bottle with water, sealed it up and tossed it about 20 feet away. We had a good conversation waiting for it to pop.

[Sunlei]

11. is dry ice the way they make the 'mist' for disney stage shows?

[AnneD]

17. Meanwhile, back at the Warner Bros Studio......

E. Fudd. was arrested for carrying a not so concealed shot gun. Police said that when arrested, he was after that 'waskelly wabbit'. In a separate incident at the Warner studio canteen, a Y. Sam was arrested for discharging his weapons upon being refused an alcoholic beverage-the canteen being alcohol free. He was detained by a quick thinking floor show employee, B Bunny performing in the Drag show.