| Reminder from: | californiadisasters Yahoo Group | |
| Title: | 1953 Rattlesnake Fire | |
| Date: | Wednesday July 9, 2014 | |
| 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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