Fire weather and fire behavior in the 1966 loop fire

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 May 1968 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Fire Technology, volume 4, pages 126-141 (issn: 0015-2684, eissn: 1572-8099,

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Authors: C. M. Countryman; M. A. Fosberg; R. C. Rothermel; M. J. Schroeder;

doi: 10.1007/bf02588629

Fire weather and fire behavior in the 1966 loop fire

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Southern California regularly experiences a wind condition known as the Santa Ana winds. This paper describes the phenomenon and the effects it had on fire behavior during the 1966 Loop Fire in the Angeles National Forest, which claimed the lives of 12 fire fighters.

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