Location: Redondo Beach (Calif.) / Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives / Subject: Disaster and Fire fighters--California--Redondo Beach - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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Description:: Fire fighters with a hose at the former site of the Golden State Fireworks and Display Co. plant the night of a fireworks explosion (Feb. 7, 1940). The blast was felt 40 miles away, injured four, and damaged many nearby homes. Cause of the explosion is suspected to be decomposing firework shells, or possibly a gopher chewing on powder. Damages estimated at $100,000
Date:: February 7, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Fire fighters with a hose on the night of an explosion at the Golden State Fireworks and Display Co. plant at Redondo Beach (Feb. 7, 1940). The blast was felt 40 miles away, injured four, and caused damage to many nearby homes. Cause of the explosion was suspected to be decomposing firework shells, or possibly a gopher chewing on powder. Damages estimated at $100,000
Date:: February 7, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives