Tuesday, July 9, 2013

[californiadisasters] 1953 Rattlesnake Fire, 7/9/2013, 10:00 pm



Reminder from:   californiadisasters Yahoo! Group
 
Title:   1953 Rattlesnake Fire
 
Date:   Tuesday July 9, 2013
Time:   10:00 pm - 10:00 pm (GMT-08.00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Location:   Glenn County - Mendocino National Forest
Notes:   Just after 10 PM this night in 1953 a 24-man volunteer fire crew fighting an arson-caused fire on the Mendocino National Forest became entrapped in a blow-up situation in Grindstone Canyon and 15 of them were burned to death. Killed was a USFS ranger and 14 of his charges, Native American volunteer firefighters.
 
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