Fireman Earl Girrard is aided after dodging borate
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Robbins, Jeff
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated September 11, 1963 partially reads, "Firemen today mopped up three hillside fires in the Valley area which broke out in 100-degree heat and tinder-dry brush in the Santa Monica Mountains Tuesday...The most destructive of the three fires broke out first--at 1:42 p.m. in the Laurel Canyon Blvd., area. It blackened 60 acres of brush. The second exploded three miles east at Beverly Glen Blvd. and Deervale Dr. in Sherman Oaks at 2:49 p.m., seconds after firemen had halted the advance of the Laurel Canyon Blvd. fire. The third started another three miles east in the 15000 block of Meadowgate Rd. in Encino...One fireman, Earl Girrard, 32, was slightly hurt when dodging chemicals from one of the two borate bomber used in aerial assault of the flames. Attempting to duck out of the way of the chemical, Girrard stumbled and fell, fire officials said. He was not hospitalized."; See images #00119010 through #00119011 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Fires--California--San Fernando Valley Fire fighters--California--San Fernando Valley Fire fighters--Wounds and injuries--California--San Fernando Valley Emergency medical personnel--California--San Fernando Valley Men--California--San Fernando Valley Litters--California--San Fernando Valley Santa Monica Mountains (Calif.) San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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