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Mall Evacuated in S.F. Valley!
http://www.msnbc.com/local/KNBC/A1327935.asp ^ | September 19, 2002 | TamiPie

Posted on 09/19/2002 10:21:12 AM PDT by TamiPie

Topanga Canyon Mall Evacuated

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., 10:13 a.m. PDT September 19, 2002 - The Topanga Canyon Mall was evacuated Thursday morning.

Authorities found possibly suspicious containers on the roof of the mall. The material may be on the roof directly above the California Pizza Kitchen, according to NBC4.

A mall security guard called the Los Angeles Police Department at 8:05 a.m. to say he received a call from a man with a Middle Eastern accent saying chemical agents were being left at several locations in the mall, according to Lt Horace Frank of LAPD press relations.

Responding officers talked to a mall employee who said he saw two men placing buckets on the roof. The buckets are labeled "Danger Oxidizers."

A Los Angeles Fire Department hazmat team is at the scene. It's possible the buckets were placed on roof by maintenance workers, but no one is sure.

The Los Angeles Fire Department is investigating.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: California
KEYWORDS: dangeroxidizers; firebad; veyseries
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1 posted on 09/19/2002 10:21:12 AM PDT by TamiPie
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To: TamiPie
"Danger Oxidizers."

I don't know. Sound like hoax to Mongo, but Mongo only pawn in game of life...

2 posted on 09/19/2002 10:23:38 AM PDT by hellinahandcart
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To: TamiPie
I was there a few days ago. It wasn't me, I swear.

3 posted on 09/19/2002 10:23:54 AM PDT by Tony in Hawaii
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To: TamiPie
Responding officers talked to a mall employee who said he saw two men placing buckets on the roof.

Hot tar, perhaps?

4 posted on 09/19/2002 10:23:56 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: TamiPie

It's time to secure these arabs and let Americans get back to living....... it's getting real tiring the way they are running the show.
5 posted on 09/19/2002 10:24:44 AM PDT by SouthernFreebird
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To: hellinahandcart
Danger Oxidizers

I think that's a new WB action series.

6 posted on 09/19/2002 10:26:05 AM PDT by JennysCool
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To: Larry Lucido
Hot tar, perhaps?

What is "hottar"? Is it some new explosive, or biological agent?
An Arab word, perhaps? Now I'm really scared...

7 posted on 09/19/2002 10:30:57 AM PDT by Psalm 73
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To: TamiPie
Well, keep us posted.
8 posted on 09/19/2002 10:37:06 AM PDT by hellinahandcart
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To: Psalm 73
It's actually spelled Qatar.








(I'm kidding.)

9 posted on 09/19/2002 10:37:45 AM PDT by Tony in Hawaii
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To: TamiPie
I remember how strange that mall was after the riots, with the national guard posted on the roof.
10 posted on 09/19/2002 10:41:50 AM PDT by SCalGal
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To: TamiPie
KFWB now reporting...
BREAKING News: Telephone Threat Prompts Mall Evacuation; Buckets of Unknown Substance Found

(KFWB) 9.19.02, 9:55a - - The Topanga Plaza Mall in Canoga Park was evacuated after a telephone threat suggested a possible hazardous materials situation. Police confirm buckets of an unknown substance were discovered on the roof of the mall at Victory and Topanga Canyon Boulevard. Officials have not yet determined whether the substance is harmful.

KFWB's Steve Lentz reports from the scene that police and fire personnel are taking the threat very seriously. LAPD Sgt. Ken Roth says the caller made reference to chemicals on the roof and said they had access to restrooms and other common areas. Lentz says that after the call was received, mall security personnel found two, five-gallon buckets on the roof. There was smoke rising from the containers.

Jeff Baugh in Jetcopter 980 reports every entrance to the mall has been blocked off. Baugh says there were not many vehicles in the parking lot because stores had not opened their doors to customers when the incident began. However, the mall itself was open to employees and window shoppers. Police say they are keeping people away from the area as a precaution.

YIKES!! The mall is only about 500m from the Redcloak Family Compound!!

The news helos were arriving just as I left for work. I spotted one LAPD Suburban (LAPD Hazmat?) heading over from Ventura Blvd. at the 101.

11 posted on 09/19/2002 10:44:07 AM PDT by Redcloak
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To: Tony in Hawaii
But it's pronounced "Hutter".
12 posted on 09/19/2002 10:45:06 AM PDT by Redcloak
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To: TamiPie
directly above the California Pizza Kitchen

Wolfgan Puck trying a new topping?

13 posted on 09/19/2002 10:45:57 AM PDT by socal_parrot
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To: Redcloak
I had a buddy in high school named Ottar.

14 posted on 09/19/2002 10:48:05 AM PDT by Tony in Hawaii
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california pizza kitchen? must be where they are hiding their MSG.
15 posted on 09/19/2002 10:49:18 AM PDT by KneelBeforeZod
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To: TamiPie
Danger Oxidizers

"Hi, I'm Billy Bates here to tell you about an amazing new cleaner, called 'Orange Clean'.

Carpet Stains? Mere childs play. Look at what it does to this stove full of grease....."

Oh, and have you seen my new product, the Ding King?"

16 posted on 09/19/2002 10:50:30 AM PDT by SGCOS
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Aarrgh! I was going to shop there tomorrow after work. Should I be afraid? Maybe I'll go to Fallbrook Mall instead. :-{
17 posted on 09/19/2002 10:54:51 AM PDT by Nea Wood
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To: hellinahandcart
Sound like hoax to Mongo, but Mongo only pawn in game of life...

Don't shoot 'im -- it'll only make 'im mad!

18 posted on 09/19/2002 10:57:05 AM PDT by mhking
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To: Redcloak
Topanga?


19 posted on 09/19/2002 10:57:52 AM PDT by Teacher317
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To: Nea Wood
Just moved from Woodland Hills to Yorba Linda. Glad to be back behind the "Orange Curtain."
20 posted on 09/19/2002 10:58:11 AM PDT by X-Servative
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