Fire at Malibu
Channel: PublicResourceOrg
Date: 05/01/2011

Fire at Malibu - National Archives and Records Administration 1958 - ARC Identifier 13369 / Local Identifier 95.73 -  Department of Agriculture. Forest Service. Division of State and Private Forestry. Fire and Aviation Management Staff. (1986).  Chronicles the Los Angeles (California) County Fire Department's fight against a fire in the Newton Canyon area of the Malibu Mountains on December 26, 1957. The fire covered 26,000 acres before containment and involved 2,000 men fighting it over three days and night. The effects of Santa Ana winds on a wildfire are dramatically illustrated.