California fights two major fires within 24 hours (1948)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Forest fire ravages Southern California, while an oil storage tank fire consumes more resources Full Description: USA: California: Inglewood: EXT CALIFORNIA Forest fire over 12,000 acres with bull-dozers checking the five-mile wall of flame. Nearby, at Inglewood, an oil fire destroyers nine storage tanks FIRES 12,000 acre forest fire in California. Bulldozers help to check a fire-mile wall of flame. Nearby, at Inglewood, Oil fire brings second catastrophe. 9 storage tanks destroyed FORESTS 12,000 acre forest fire in California turns homes and trees to matchwood. 5 mile wall of flame checked by bulldozers Disasters and Accidents; United States of America blockade, fire, forest, brush, oil, tank, storage, facility, burn, damage, engulf, flames, firefighter, emergency, wildfire, refinery, property Background: Forest fire ravages