California Inferno: Forest Fires Kill Fourteen
California Inferno: Forest Fires Kill Fourteen
NO AUDIO Fourteen are killed in raging brush and forest fires which sweep across a 100 mile area of Southern California. Ten veteran U.S. Forest Service firefighters and four Marines at Camp Pendleton perish in the battle against the fires Burning brush in the hills of Southern California. Firemen fight the blaze with fire hoses. A hill side is completely engulfed in fierce flames. CU of a couple of L.A. firemen in protective goggles fighting back the blaze. The fire spreads up the hills as the wind blows. Firemen pulling more fire hose from their fire engine. A firemen fight the blaze with fire hoses. Nurses and ambulances line the streets ready to triage patients. Two men carry someone on a stretcher and load them into the waiting ambulance. The ambulance leaves. A posted sign "Closed to Entry becasue of fire danger." The California hills continue burning as fire fighters do their best to contain the situation. Men watch the smoke rise up the hills from their trucks. Over rooftops smoke rises from the mountain regions.