[ Hazards & Disasters ] [ Natural Events ] [ Wildland-Fires ] Wildland Fires in Southern California/ Los Angeles Brush Fires in Southern California/ Los Angeles 1924 San Gabriel Mountains: Burned for three weeks on 92.000 acres 1928 Los Padres National Forest, north of Ojai: burned more than 200,000 acres 1933 Los Angeles, Griffith Park: 29 auxiliary fire-fighter died 1953 Monrovia Peak Fire: burned over 14,000 acres 1955 Santa Barbara/ Ojai: burned over 77,000 acres 1956 Orange & San Diego Counties: 44,000 acres burned, 11 people died 1961 Los Angeles, Hollywood Hills, Laurel Canyon 1961 November 6th. Los Angeles, Santa Monica Mountains: exclusive areas of Bel-Air, Brentwood and Malibu, nearly 500 homes and mansions were destroyed 1964 March Glendale & Burbank 2003 October 21st. - 30th. - Southern California, Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, Ventura County: Massive Wildfires California Wildfires 2003 - Report by the California Fires Coordination Group (CFCG) - Feb 13, 2004 damage/ devastation to homes and buildings is always intensified due to combustible shingle roofing large, unprotected window openings insufficient clearance between homes and bushes/ trees narrow streets

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