1933 Griffith Park fire
The 1933 Griffith Park Fire was a brush fire that occurred on October 3, 1933, in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, resulting in the deaths of at least 29 civilians who were trying to fight the fire. == Background == During the dry summer and fall of 1933, thousands of workers financed by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation were hired to clear dry brush and to build trails and roads in Griffith Park.