Photo caption reads: "Caused by Gas Co. power shovel at Riverton and Otsego N.H." Photo dated: Aug. 12, 1974.; Smoke obscures the intersection at Otsego St. and Riverton in North Hollywood as water from a fireman's hose pours onto a fire on a ruptured gas line. The flames are higher then a nearby apartment building. Water fills the intersection and an abandoned power shovel is by the flames. The intersection is blocked off.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Gas industry--Accidents--California--Los Angeles Explosions--California--Los Angeles Fires--California--Los Angeles Smoke Gas-pipes--California--Los Angeles Power shovels North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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