Toontown evacuated after explosion at Disneyland, police say
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
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(3,731 posts)Personally, I think this guy is responsible for the explosion.
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(7,403 posts)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.
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(6,241 posts)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.
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