DOI: 10.25549/examiner-c44-80272
title: Malibu fire: General view of fire and fire fighters, 1958

description: 26 images. Malibu fire: General view of fire and fire fighters, 3 December 1958. Corral Canyon; Malibu Colony; Ocean side of hiway 101; Lawrence Pittman -- 13 years; Greg Pittman -- 9 years; Father Joseph Burbage; Fire Chief Keith Klinger; Fire Captain Roland Percy; Home of Charles Vanderstratton; Webster School.; Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Glickman. Date: 1958-12-03. Assignment: Malibu fire. G115-116: Looking toward Webster School from Malibu Canyon Road. G119; 150: Looking to mountains from Hiway 101 & Malibu Canyon. Webster School fire camp in foreground".; Another caption slip reads: "Photographer: Gray. Date: 1958-12-03. Reporter: Hertel, Howard. Assignment: Malibu fire. 3: Captain Ed Gutirrez?, of Ventura County fire dept., being pulled from ravine by Capt. Russell Roper, also of Ventura County fire dept., and other firemen. He fell in ravine during backfiring operations on Malibu Road 200 yards above Webster School. 88: Fire burning along Malibu Road with caterpillar tractor passing by in foreground. 34: Soldiers from Camp Irwin boarding bus at Paramount Ranch fire camp headed for fire areas. 30: Shot from top of Mulholland Drive of charred Malibu Mountain fire area looking towards ocean. 4: Shot from top of Mulholland Drive of burned over area of Malibu Mountains with PBY water bomber flying below Sheriff's helicopter on map survey of fire area. Malibu Beach fire cloud in in rear". [...continued]; Caption slip continues: "Photographer: Gray... 31: Ventura County firemen pouring water on burning brush on Malibu Road during back-firing operations. 87: Webster School in foreground & Malibu Beach burning in rear. 105-105: County Fire Chief Keith Klinger and Helicopter Pilot Roland Barton starting map survey of fire. 73: Asst. County Fire Chief Roland Percey? and Sheriff's Sgt. Lindell Griggers in Sheriff's helicopter. 74: Burned and charred home of Charles Vanderstratton, on Seminole Drive & Borg Dr., Malibu Lakeside area. Examiner reporter Howard Hertel examines ruins. 89: General view of Red Cross mobile truck & fire equipment & smoke in background at Malibu Canyon Road fire area. 95-96-41-42: General views of fire and back-firing in hills near Potter Industries, Ltd. plant on Malibu Road". [...continued]; Caption slip continued: "Photographer: Gray... 109: Mouse on fire break at Malibu Canyon fire breakthrough. 90: General view of fire at Malibu Canyon Road with caterpillar tractor & helicopter in foreground. 110: L to R: Richard Ebentheur?, 32, 'cat' operator & Gary Nelson, 19, swamper. 105-106; 81-82; 29-30: View from bottom of hill & at Potter Pacific Industries plant".; Another caption slip reads: "Photographer: Lapp. Date: 1958-12-02. Reporter: Farrell. Assignment: Malibu fire. All neg. shot by Lapp & Berzine are made on the coast side 101 highway of Malibu brushfire, no special areas, just along highway of Corral Canyon and the Malibu Colony".; Another caption slip reads: "Photographer: Snow. Date: 1958-12-03. Reporter: Thackery. Assignment: Malibu fire. 3-25-26: Fire burning behind Our Lady of Malibu School. 23-24: Father Joseph Burbage in front Malibu Church. Fire in background. 27-28: Lawrence Pitman?, 13 (left) & his brother, Greg, 9, & their horses, Boots (left) & Spike (right) -- refugees from the fire, they tie horses in Supermarket parking lot. 39: Burned home of C.C.McPeek at 26179 Fairside Dr. 109: Fire behind 23919 Malibu Road. 87: Fire at Highway 101 & Malibu Canyon Rd. 96: Fire in Malibu Can. Rd. 40: Burned house on Fairside Dr., no address. 110: House threatened across from 24132 Malibu Rd. 97-98: Burned home of actor Lew Ayres. 60-88: 2 burned fire trucks. 59: 1 nurned fire truck - same as above".