downtown los angeles attacked by mystery sludge
Time to call in the experts...
A mysterious black blob attacked downtown Los Angeles on Monday with a tar-like goo that oozed from manholes, buckled a street and unmoored a Raymond Chandler-era brick building, firefighters said.
About 200 residents were forced to flee as a hazardous materials team and dozens of firefighters worked throughout the day to identify what was first deemed "a black tarry substance" and later morphed into a "watery mud."
While outside temperatures struggled to break 60, sidewalks in the vicinity steamed at 103 degrees, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Ron Myers said.
Has Zool returned to Earth and selected Los Angeles as the site of Armageddon? Or is a local petroleum company responsible for uprooting residents by injecting high-pressure hot water into old wells to extract leftover crude oil.
I'd blame the oil company. Oil is going to be the death of us all, you know...
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