Subject: Fires--California--El Segundo - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Firefighters walk through the ruins of a fire that occurred at Dura Steel Products Co. An electrical short circuit ignited 20 barrels of highly flammable paint thinner. The fire destroyed the plant and left approximately 100 employees without a job.
Date:: February 22, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
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.
Date:: between December 21 and December 25, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
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.
Date:: between December 21 and December 25, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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