That's all we know at this time. We welcome reports from theme park visitors at the park, in the comments.
Update: A Los Angeles Times reporter is citing the Anaheim Police as saying that it was a bottle of dry ice blowing up. No injuries reported.
#breaking:Anaheim PD says dry ice in plastic bottle exploded inside a trash can at #Disneyland. Evacs but no report of injuries > @lanow
— Andrew Blankstein (@anblanx) May 29, 2013
Update 2: And here's your relevant Wikipedia entry on how dry ice in a bottle can explode. Multiple readers have reported that dry ice is readily accessible inside the park, as it is used in ice cream carts to keep items frozen cold. Furthermore, although Disneyland does have a bag check outside the front gate, a former security employee said that dry ice isn't something that would typically be kept from being brought into the park, so long as it appears to be used to cool food items.
Update 3: Disneyland announced at 7:45pm PT that Toontown was declared "all clear" and visitors were invited to return to the area.
Update 4 (Wed): Anaheim police report that they've arrested a Disneyland outdoor vending cast member in connection with the incident, Christian Barnes, 22, of Long Beach. He is being held on $1 million bail. The local ABC affiliate (owned by Disney, FWIW), quotes police saying the suspect "is cooperating with investigators and has indicated that this was an isolated incident with 'unanticipated impacts.'"
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All this so Robert could have another story for his web site....
Just Kidding, I am glad no one was hurt.....
I hope they can see who did it on cameras and get the SOB... So many kids in Disney Parks... Many could have been hurt.... Including Plastic Hippos..
Not everybody is smart enough to understand how everything works. Sometimes, it is just ignorance, not malice, that leads to incidents.
Don’t be Naïve...
According to the articles, he was arrested for possessing the dry ice (as opposed to additional charges). So at this point we don't know the entire story.
If this was preplanned or he was trying to hurt others, obviously this will come out.
In this day & age, things like this will be investigated thoroughly, so either way, Disney & the law enforcement will find out what happened.
Thankfully no one was hurt.
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