A second dry ice explosion was reported at Los Angeles International Airport Monday night, a day after a similar explosion occurred in an employee bathroom at the airport, authorities said.
Los Angeles Police Department Detective Gus Villanueva said no injuries were reported after the device exploded in a restricted area at the airport's Tom Bradley Terminal about 8:30 p.m. No flights were affected by the explosion.
Authorities three bottles containing dry ice were cleared from the area around 9:45 p.m. Villanueva said investigators don't believe the incident is linked to terrorism.
Two other devices also were found at the airport but they did not explode, Detective Gus Villanueva said. A bomb squad was at the airport late Monday and investigators from the LAPD's criminal conspiracy division were assisting.
Meanwhile, Los Angeles police have taken over the investigation into who was responsible for planting a plastic bottle containing dry ice that exploded Sunday night in an employee bathroom at LAX.
Air traffic was back to normal Monday after the Sunday evening explosion caused a commotion in LAX's terminal 2. Up to four flights were delayed after airport police halted security screening for more than an hour.
Los Angeles Police spokeswoman Sally Madera said no injuries were reported, and "there was no threat to the public area."
The bathroom was in an area of the terminal that isn't accessible to the public, according to FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller. She said there was "no stated threat associated with the incident."
Investigators are trying to determine how the bottle wound up there.
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