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Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Photograph caption dated May 1, 1964 reads "Los Angeles County Fire Chief Keith E. Klinger, left, and County Supervisor Warren M. Dorn watch a bomber drop water on a nonexistent fire in Placerita Canyon. The County Fire Department last night ended three days of intensive exercises in the Newhall area, attacking three 'fires' daily."
Klinger, Keith E Dorn, Warren M Los Angeles County (Calif.).--Fire Department Fire chiefs County council members County officials and employees Men Airtankers (Forest fire control) Airplanes--Fires and fire prevention Fire fighting Fire extinction--Training Mountains Placerita Canyon (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
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