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Fireball of oil blaze sears the sky

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Order Number	00037079
Title	Fireball of oil blaze sears the sky
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 1998.
Date	1953
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Description	The fireball over two burning tanks of volatile fuel in the Union Oil Co. tank farm at Wilmington looks almost like the fireball of an atomic bomb explosion as it sears the sky hundreds of feet over the core of the blaze. Silhouetted firemen move in to isolate the flames from other tanks. Value of the blazing fuel is estimated at $569,000. Photo dated: August 28, 1953.
Subject	Union Oil Company of California. Oil fields--California--Wilmington (Los Angeles). Fires--California--Wilmington (Los Angeles). Oil well drilling rigs--California--Wilmington (Los Angeles). Wilmington (Los Angeles, Calif.). Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection