A Disneyland explosion that led to an evacuation of the California amusement park is being investigated. Police are reviewing surveillance video footage and social media sources to determine who is responsible for the small explosion that occurred in a trash can.
A small explosion went off in Mickey's Toontown in the park, shutting it down for two hours. Investigators believe it was dry ice in a bottle. No one was injured and nothing in the park was damaged even though it was closed for several hours, the Los Angeles Times reports. The incident occurred at around 5:30 p.m. according to Anaheim police spokesman Sgt. Bob Dunn.
Dunn said that this isn't the only incident of its kind. Dunn told the Los Angeles Times that that device is similar to devices used in other explosions around Anaheim. Investigators are trying to determine if there is a connection between the other explosions and the Disneyland explosion.
"Unfortunately," Dunn said, "it's an all-too-common occurrence."
Disneyland took an abundance of caution by evacuation the park as they called the explosion just a "small bag," according tho their Twitter account. The park is working with the local police. The police were investigating with help from the Orange County sheriff's bomb squad.
The park was deemed safe and guests were allowed to return to Toontown two hours later after the explosion was reviewed.
GuestAllen Wolf described the incident. He was about 20 feet from the Toontown explosion.
Wolf said "it sounded louder than a gunshot," but similar. "I looked up. Everyone stopped and looked up. Security surrounded the trash cans then told everyone they were evacuating."
He said that despite the commotion, the park's music never stopped playing.
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