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1928—Gigantic flame and no smoke! A furious pillar of fire from an oil well causes tremendous losses at Santa Fe Springs, California. The terrific blaze following the blow in of the Bell View No. 1 well in a fabulous rich field. The intense heat has spread destruction to adjacent derricks and the loss has already reached hundreds of thousands of dollars. This is the second severe fire in the field.

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