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LOS ANGELES — A dry ice explosion occurred late Monday at Los Angeles International Airport, but there were no reports of any injuries or evacuations, authorities said.
The incident was reported shortly before 8:30 p.m. at the airport’s Tom Bradley International Terminal. There was no immediate word where the dry ice was found or whether there was any significant damage.
Two other devices also were found at the airport but they did not explode, Detective Gus Villanueva said.
Investigators don’t believe the incident is linked to terrorism and no threat was called into the airport, Villanueva said.
No flights were affected by the explosion, authorities said.
On Sunday night, someone planted a plastic bottle containing dry ice that exploded in an employee bathroom in LAX’s terminal 2. Up to four flights were delayed after airport police halted security screening for more than an hour.
No arrests have been made in either case.
Boy, 6, drowns in pool on cruiseMIAMI — A 6-year-old boy drowned in one of the pools aboard a Carnival Cruise Lines ship while at sea, the company said in a statement Monday.The Carnival Victory was on the last leg of a four-day Caribbean cruise Sunday when the boy drowned in the midship pool. He was at the pool area with other family members at the time, the statement said.“To the best of our knowledge it is the first time a child has drowned aboard one of our ships,” Carnival spokeswoman Joyce Oliva said in an e-mail to The Associated Press.The ship arrived Monday morning at Port Miami. There were 3,094 guests on the ship and approximately 1,100 staff members, Carnival said.
SF trains to keep running amid talksOAKLAND, Calif. — A major San Francisco Bay Area transit system was to continue running train service for today’s commute after unions and management agreed to extend labor talks past a midnight deadline.Bay Area Rapid Transit unions had said they would go on strike if they didn’t reach a contract deal by midnight Monday after extending stalled negotiations from over the weekend.
