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Haz-mat call is false alarm - unless you're a salty snack food
A report of a possible hazardous material in a downtown Minneapolis parking ramp turned out to be a 5-gallon jug of cottonseed oil.
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Firefighters called to a report of a possibly hazardous material in a downtown Minneapolis parking ramp Thursday morning instead discovered a 5-gallon jug of cottonseed oil.
The oil was apparently delivered to the Jerry Haaf Memorial Ramp sometime Tuesday night, but it wasn't clear why, said Minneapolis Assistant Fire Chief John Fruetl.
Authorities closed off 5th Avenue between 4th Street and 3rd Street for about two hours as they investigated and removed the oil from the ramp's ground level.
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All this over cottonseed oil, or better known as Vegatable oil, oh wait there's a suspicious wet substance all over my driveway, oh my god … read more its in the back yard, its all over the roof, its falling from the sky!!! HELP where is my haz-mat suit!!!!
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