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On 20 February 1947, a large accidental explosion at the O'Connor Plating Works at 926 East Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles killed seventeen people and injured more than one hundred. [1] [2] Eleven nearby buildings were damaged beyond repair. Press reports mentioned a 25-foot (7.6 m) crater. [3]
Investigators collect evidence from the site of the explosion (Herald Examiner, No. 00079284 via Haynes Foundation and TESSA Digital Collections, Los Angeles Public Library) On January 28, 1971, at 4:30 p.m. PST, [ 1 ] an explosion in the second-floor men's room of the 300 North Los Angeles Street federal building in California , United States ...
Thrust faulting in the northern Los Angeles basin occurs in response to north–south crustal shortening. [14] The fault responsible for the earthquake represented a component of a larger system of faults within the 160 km (99 mi) "Big Bend" stepover of the San Andreas Fault. Crustal compression occurs along this bend of the San Andreas Fault.
L.A. County Fire Department officials said they had no idea such an explosion was possible. 'Like a bomb': Exploding tire that killed L.A. County firefighter was a little-known risk Skip to main ...
Los Angeles bomb technicians overloaded a containment chamber with homemade fireworks last month during a detonation, likely causing a catastrophic explosion that injured 17 people and rocked a ...
At least eight people have died in the fire, according to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office and Sheriff’s Department. The Eaton fire, which started after the Palisades blaze in the ...
The Los Angeles Fire Department received the alarm at 10:34am and the first firefighting equipment arrived on the scene at 10:39am. A Los Angeles Police Department patrol car saw the fire at 10:35am and reported it. The police established a two-block perimeter around the area to control the flow of disrupted traffic.
Several Los Angeles firefighters were injured in an explosion while they were trying to put out a truck fire, authorities said. Nine L.A. firefighters injured, two critically, in semi-truck ...