The Region - News from Oct. 27, 1986
Rangers called the Los Angeles Fire Department when they found five 55-gallon barrels containing an unidentified blue liquid dumped along Griffith Park Drive, near Traveltown, in Griffith Park. Firefighters and a hazardous materials team examined the liquid and turned the problem over to the county health department when they decided it was a non-toxic, though somewhat flammable, solvent. Fire Department spokesman Jim Wells said a private company will remove the barrels.
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