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Firemen risk lives to battle fire at oil refinery

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Order Number	00037084
Title	Firemen risk lives to battle fire at oil refinery
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 1998
Date	1960
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Description	Firemen risked their lives to battle a million dollar fire at the oil refinery in Santa Fe Springs where flames shot high from some of nine huge storage tanks. Photo shows a fireman at the top of a tall ladder, shooting water onto the flames of the burning oil tanks. Blaze consumed 720,000 gallons of high octane gasoline. Photo dated: December 3, 1960.
Subject	Santa Fe Springs Oil Refinery (Santa Fe Springs, Calif.). Oil fields--California--Santa Fe Springs. Fires--California--Santa Fe Springs. Oil well drilling rigs--California--Santa Fe Springs. Petroleum refineries--California--Santa Fe Springs. Santa Fe Springs (Calif. 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