When Havoc Struck - Bel Air Fire 1961 - 1978 TV Series Glenn Ford

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  • Опубликовано: 21 фев 2015
  • Here is the complete "Bel Air Fire" episode of the TV series "When Havoc Struck" from 1978. Includes intense footage and dramatic interviews from survivors of the November 6, 1961 fire.

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  • @collegeman1988
    @collegeman1988 8 лет назад +16

    I remember this series. It aired on TV in early 1978.

  • @szqsk8
    @szqsk8 4 года назад +7

    Thankfully wood shingle roofs are not legal here in CA anymore.

  • @vr6swp
    @vr6swp 7 лет назад +8

    There was a small fire in the canyon behind our house the summer after we moved in (1973?). Fire companies from all over the valley were there, and people were on top of their houses spraying with garden hoses. Our house had roof damage and it was re-roofed with those ceramic tile shingles. I think fire-resistant roofs are in the building code now.

  • @BCSchmerker
    @BCSchmerker 8 лет назад +5

    In 2015, a similar scenario to the 1961 Bel Air fire occurred in Lake County. 78% contained as of 8:20 p.m., 21 September 2015 (PDT), the Valley Fire has consumed 75,781 acres and 1910 structures (including approximately 600 homes).

  • @Shield.148
    @Shield.148 3 года назад +3

    Someone should invent a pump system to feed sprinklers on the roof, from the water in their swimming pools !

  • @robsemail
    @robsemail 6 лет назад +5

    Thanks for posting this; I remember seeing it when it originally aired. I think there was an episode of this series about the Texas City fire of 1947, and like this it had a lot of very dramatic actuality footage. The thing that sticks in my memory is video of a news reporter standing miles away from Texas City, with the sky behind and above him 100% flames. It looked like he was standing next to an ongoing explosion that just wouldn't stop. I'd sure like to see that one again.

    • @kristinebailey2804
      @kristinebailey2804 3 года назад

      Yes, the Texas City fire was a refinery fire. I used to live in Texas City for about a year, long after that fire. People are still talking about that disaster.

  • @sachetsofrelish
    @sachetsofrelish 6 лет назад +2

    Thanks for this. What a fantastic typeface to start.

  • @mw4mpr
    @mw4mpr 7 лет назад +5

    November 28-29, 2016. Chimney Tops 2 fire in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, ravages into Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, TN. Killing 14 people. Damaging or destroying 2,400 structures. 17,000+ acres burned.

  • @2345allthebest
    @2345allthebest 3 года назад +1

    How many times has 'the whole story been repeated'? More than I can count

  • @mariekatherine5238
    @mariekatherine5238 3 года назад +2

    Wasn’t there a British version of this show? BTW, wood shingles are illegal in CA. Wildfires in the west, not just CA, have become a normal thing. Environmentalism has gone too far. Nothing is done to prevent these fires and more and more people build homes in fire zones.

  • @jamessimms415
    @jamessimms415 3 года назад

    Now I’ve become hooked on the series

  • @Diskoboy1974
    @Diskoboy1974 5 лет назад +12

    When is California NOT on fire?

    • @josephalfonsoamantia7028
      @josephalfonsoamantia7028 4 года назад

      In the Winter when it rains and snows. Washington and Oregon go through the same crap every year too.

    • @veggiedisease123
      @veggiedisease123 3 года назад

      @@josephalfonsoamantia7028 It's really the entire west, Arizona and Colorado also have a fire season. East of the Rockies, it's a different story.

    • @kristinebailey2804
      @kristinebailey2804 3 года назад +1

      Yep, 2020 and it's on fire again. Same here in Colorado until snow started falling yesterday to slow it down.

    • @ed9492
      @ed9492 3 года назад

      @@veggiedisease123 As long as the hurricanes keep coming everything will be fine.

  • @clarkewi
    @clarkewi 7 лет назад +3

    I remember that fire as a kid as I used to live near Mandeville Canyon and had many friends that lived there. Luckily they lived at the canyon floor and not on the ridges. Their houses survived this fire.

    • @clarkewi
      @clarkewi 7 лет назад

      And there was a freak snow storm shortly after with the first winter storm. Heavy rains and floods that winter.

  • @ed9492
    @ed9492 3 года назад +1

    25 years ago I would have said this was big deal.

  • @donaldpalmer6625
    @donaldpalmer6625 6 лет назад +4

    I wonder why the contractor or his crew didn't use a fire extinguisher and put it out before it got out of control.

    • @robsemail
      @robsemail 6 лет назад +5

      You must remember that this happened in the mountains. The contractor's agents were not nearby the early fire; they spotted it on a mountain and reported it as quickly as they could.

  • @generalissimospergo9371
    @generalissimospergo9371 5 лет назад +5

    Your moving with your antie and uncle in bel- oh nevermind.

  • @paulinemoriarty3627
    @paulinemoriarty3627 2 года назад

    Amazing look back in history

  • @jed-henrywitkowski6470
    @jed-henrywitkowski6470 4 года назад +2

    Husband Get's the bottle of Scotch! Lol

  • @frasierthebichon7422
    @frasierthebichon7422 3 года назад

    Unfortunately now this is a yearly occurence

  • @pip12111
    @pip12111 5 лет назад +1

    Chapparell AKA Creosote bush

  • @tomshiba51
    @tomshiba51 4 года назад +4

    When I lived in Ohio, we had nothing like a Santa Ana; we just had Santa Claus.

  • @TheWorseOne
    @TheWorseOne 4 года назад +2

    Wood Shake roofing :( Uninsurable in CA now ):

    • @danielmorse4213
      @danielmorse4213 3 года назад

      My roof in socal was pebble and rock. When embers fell on it no problem
      Of course I hosed it down.

  • @j-man6001
    @j-man6001 5 лет назад +4

    My question is, why are we not extracting the oil from those brushes??

    • @jamessimms415
      @jamessimms415 3 года назад +2

      J- Man Because the enviro wackos would raise a big stink over damaging the environment for the profit of big corporations.

    • @jamessimms415
      @jamessimms415 8 месяцев назад +1

      Wow 🙄🤡

  • @michalrojas1206
    @michalrojas1206 5 лет назад +1

    Was a fresh prince have anything to do with the bel air fire?

  • @apocyldoomer
    @apocyldoomer 10 месяцев назад

    Just like a true man, save the Scotch, the Wife will save the photos and the Marriage License, check, and check, got it! Rewatching 3 years later, GADZOOKS!

  • @hartlinerealm2015
    @hartlinerealm2015 6 лет назад

    It's all D.E.W. , then and now

    • @FreqBand
      @FreqBand 6 лет назад +5

      Nope. It was winds.

    • @babybrat2958
      @babybrat2958 5 лет назад +1

      Peshtigo Fire 1871...DEW? Great Fire 1910...DEW? Berkeley Fire 1923...DEW? Black Friday bush fire 1939?
      You people need to get a grip on yourselves. Even your Dr Judy Wood doesn’t believe that DEWs were involved with the Northern California wildfires.
      You need to face reality.

    • @rocketcab
      @rocketcab 5 лет назад

      .... "directed energy weapons".... I don't think so.... but.... anxious native spirits, however....

  • @MsColetha
    @MsColetha 3 года назад +2

    These fires look fueled by kerosene and gasoline. That’s not strictly brush on fire.

  • @carpo719
    @carpo719 5 лет назад

    Must have been vintage lasers that started the fires. ;)

  • @MsColetha
    @MsColetha 3 года назад

    This looks like old CIA to me.