Pepperdine University Libraries Malibu Historical Photograph Collection [digital resource], Pepperdine University Special Collections and University Archives
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Description
A wildfire endangers a house on the Pacific Coast Highway as it spreads down Las Flores Canyon in eastern Malibu. Firefighters rush to save the homes. Known as the "Hume fire," this blaze was one of several wildfires that threatened the west side of Los Angeles County just after Christmas in 1956, including the Zuma/"Newton" fire and the Sherwood fire. 18 houses were lost to the Hume fire, although no lives were lost. Combining damage from all three fires, there were about 36,000 acres burned, multiple injuries, and one death. complete;
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