Disneyland Explosion - Toontown Evacuation
An explosion was reported at Disneyland in Anaheim, California on Tuesday, according to local news outlets, prompting the evacuation of a portion of the park.
The blast occurred in the Mickey's Toontown section of the theme park, according to CBS Los Angeles.
A plastic bottle filled with dry ice reportedly ruptured inside a trash can, the Anaheim Police Department told the Los Angeles Times. No injuries were reported.
Toontown was evacuated as a precaution and fire crews responded at the scene, according to ABC 10 News.
The Orange County Sheriff's Department also sent a bomb squad to the scene, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Here's more from the Associated Press:
Park visitor Allen Wolf says he was about 20 feet from the blast, near Toontown's City Hall. He said the sound was similar to a gunshot, but louder.Wolf says the park's music never stopped playing as security surrounded the trash cans where the bang came from and told visitors they were evacuating.
Wolf also tweeted a picture of people leaving Toontown:
Something went BOOM in Toontown at Disneyland and now they're evacuating.#Disneyland twitter.com/theallenwolf/s…— Allen Wolf (@theallenwolf) May 29, 2013
"This afternoon, a small bang was heard in a trash can at Mickey's Toontown," a Disney spokeswoman said, according to Reuters. "In an abundance of caution, we evacuated Toontown to allow local authorities the opportunity to investigate."
source: huffingtonpost.com
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