Hired as part of a welfare project , 3,780 men were in the park clearing brush on October 3 , 1933 , when a fire broke out in the Mineral Wells area . Many of the workers volunteered or were ordered to fight the fire . In all , 29 men were killed and 150 were injured . Professional firefighters arrived and limited the blaze to
when a fire broke out
1933 Griffith Park Fire
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