Flames from the explosion at Richfield Oil Company's El Segundo well, December 1937

Title: Flames from the explosion at Richfield Oil Company's El Segundo well, December 1937
Date Created: between December 21 and December 25, 1937
Date: 1937-12-21/1937-12-25
Publisher: Los Angeles Daily News
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description: Explosion at Richfield Oil Company's El Segundo oil well. The gas release came without warning and initially caused rock and mud to shoot 200 feet into the air. The friction from this then ignited flames which roared out of the ground for nearly three days before dying out. The explosion caused a volcano-like crater 75 feet across and approximately $100,000 in damage.
Caption: Text from original nitrate sleeve: Richfield Oil Well burns at El Segundo
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: El Segundo oil [???]

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Richfield Oil Company
Location: El Segundo (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Explosions--California--El Segundo
Fires--California--El Segundo
Oil wells--California--El Segundo
Debris--California--El Segundo
Disaster

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
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