BRIEFLY : AMMONIA FUMES PUT 2 PEOPLE IN HOSPITAL.HANCOCK PARK
Hancock Park is a park in Miracle Mile, Los Angeles, California which is the location of the La Brea Tar Pits, the George C. Page Museum of La Brea Discoveries, and LACMA. - Two people were hospitalized because they were exposed to fumes fumes odorous gases and other volatile materials; inhalation of irritating fumes causes coughing and, if sufficiently severe, irreversible pulmonary edema. of ammonia in a film processing center Saturday. The toxin flowed from a leaky valve connected to three ammonia tanks, causing employees and neighbors to evacuate from the area. A 26-year-old male employee and 30-year-old neighborhood woman remained in good condition at local hospitals, while about a dozen others were treated at the scene for respiratory problems, said city fire spokesman Brian Humphrey. An employee at Continental Graphics on La Brea Avenue La Brea Avenue is a prominent north/south thoroughfare in Los Angeles. After Hawthorne Boulevard intersects with Century Boulevard in Inglewood, La Brea Avenue is formed. La Brea passes north through Windsor Hills, Baldwin Hills, and Ladera Heights. and First Street called for help at 4 p.m. complaining of a ``strong odor of ammonia.'' The industrial area was closed for 30 minutes to clear the area and a hazardous materials team arrived to investigate the leak. ?13- Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Police seek suspect in slaying of girl, 15 RANCHO DOMINGUEZ - Sheriff's investigators searched Saturday night for a 22-year-old man accused of killing a 15-year-old girl. Latoya Tarver was shot in the chest early Saturday morning, reportedly by an acquaintance who sat with her in a car in Compton, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County sheriff's Deputy Benita Nichol. The man wanted for investigation in the case, Lovell Moore, ordered another friend in the car to drive to a nearby industrial area where Tarver's body was dumped, the sheriff's spokeswoman said. Her body was discovered by a gardener at 8:30 a.m. |
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