Crews drill an air-venting well in the parking lot in front of K-Mart department store, in order to free and burn methane gas seeping from an abandoned underground oil field, which is located somewhere in the basement of the Ross Dress For Less clothing store, located adjacent to K-Mart. Photograph dated March 26, 1985.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;35 x 22 cm. on sheet 36 x 29 cm. Photographic prints
K-Mart Corporation Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles Stores & shops--California--Fairfax (Los Angeles) Department stores--California--Fairfax (Los Angeles) Natural gas--Accidents--California--Los Angeles Explosions--California--Los Angeles Fairfax (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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