Photograph caption dated December 13, 1978 reads, "Fire department and Rapid Transit Department inspectors agree that the fire which destroyed this Los Angeles-bound bus in Lawndale yesterday was an overheated rear tire rubbing against the undercarriage. No passengers were injured but the damage was estimated at $12,000."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Southern California Rapid Transit District Southern California Rapid Transit District--Employees Buses--California--Lawndale Fires--California--Los Angeles Debris--California--Lawndale Fire fighters--California--Lawndale Lawndale (Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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