The 1933 Griffith Park Fire was a brush fire that occurred on October 3, 1933, in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, resulting in the deaths of at least 29 civilians who were trying to fight the fire.

Oct 3, 2023 · The Griffith Park fire began about 2 p.m. on Oct. 3, 1933, as thousands of workers were clearing brush and debris in Los Angeles. A small debris pile fire 90 years ago at the …

The Griffith Park Fire of 1933 is considered the third deadliest firefighter tragedy in U.S. history (after the September 11 attacks and the Great Fire of 1910). On October 3, 1933, 29 men …

Nov 12, 2018 · The Griffith Park Fire had been the deadliest wildfire in recorded state history, killing 29 people in Los Angeles in 1933. But unlike the Camp Fire and the 2017 Tubbs Fire …

The Griffith Park Fire started on October 3, 1933. The fuels were tall grass, chaparral, and oak trees. A little after 14:00, smoke was reported near the golf course club house by Park …

Oct 1, 1993 · – (AP) – Persons responsible for the disastrous Griffith Park brush fire which cost twenty-seven lives, and for ordering laborers into the fire-trap canyon were sought in a three …

Sadly, due to their inexperience, approximately 150 men were injured, and at least 29 perished in the deadliest LA fire, pushed by winds through deep brush-filled canyons. Published records …

The Griffith Park Fire occurred at 2:26 p.m. October 3, 1933 in Block 36, Dam Canyon in the Mineral Wells Canyon area near the old Los Angeles Zoo. A group of 3,780 men were …

Article 3b2a: Griffith Park Fire Article 3b2a A Case Study On October 3, 1933, a hot dry day in southern Cali-fornia, a fi re broke out in the Mineral Wells Canyon area near the old Los …

Nov 12, 2018 · In seven minutes, the 1933 Griffith Park fire killed 29 men — tying with the death toll of the Camp Fire that continues to rage in California.