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Oil fire on Signal Hill, July 15, 1924.
(Long Beach Firemen’s Historical Museum)
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This photograph shows the aftermath of a deadly Richfield refinery fire which occurred on July 2, 1933. The refinery, in Signal Hill, sustained extensive damage and 9 people were killed. Three men are visible in the photograph, one with a shovel.