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The caption refers to the Angeles National Forest fire that began on October 13, 1959 in the Dark Canyon area of the Angeles National Forest. 30 m.p.h. gusts were responsible for the swift and erratic spread of the fires that burned through La Can~ada Flintridge and Big Tujunga Canyon, and threatening a wide span of neighborhoods including Altadena, Pasadena, Palmdale, and La Crescenta. Photograph caption dated October 16, 1959 reads, "Tongues of flames sear virgin timber at Grizzly Flats in Big Tujunga Canyon as blaze creeps westward through San Gabriel Mountains toward foothill community of Tujunga. Fire has destroyed more than 7,200 acres since it started in La Canada Tuesday."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Fires--California--Tujunga (Los Angeles) Brush--California--Los Angeles Mountains--California, Southern San Gabriel Mountains (Calif.) Tujunga (Los Angeles, Calif.) Night photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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