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Title
Hancock Refinery fire, 2828 Junipero Ave
Date Created and/or Issued
May 22, 1958
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
Long Beach Fireman's Historical Museum Photographs Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Huge fireball shoots up from burning oil storage tank amid plumes of black smoke. Firefighters remove folded hoses and equipment from fire car parked in employee lot. Onlooker photographs scene as everyone turns to watch flames explode from tank.
Type
Image
Identifier
3713_7
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/LBFiremen/id/1033
Source
Long Beach Firemen's Historical Museum
CSUDH Archives
Relation
Fires; Oil Fires; Smoke; Fire Cars; Hoses
M0006

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