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Show CoastOil-Fire i " Fast Goine Out 8AN PEDRO, Cel.; Auir. II (By IT. P,.) Tha spectacular oil fire on Point Firm in. which for a time today to-day menaced the city with a river of biasing- oil from the General Petroleum Pe-troleum company's tank farm, was rapidly burning; Itaelf out tonight and plans were under way to extln-gulah extln-gulah It entirely with c hem lea la. During the day the fire was thor- oughly isolated with a aerie a of dirt j dykes, the flow of oil which belled over periodically from the white hot j tank being diverted down an unln ! habited canyon. I It la expected that a sufficient area within tha dykes will have : burnt Itself out tonight to permit , fire fighters to make their way j cloaa enough to the tank to flood It i with chemloala to extinguish the fire completely. j Expert fire fighters from the oil , fields have been brought here and are making final preparations to amother the blase. j Workers with homes In the path i of the threatening torrent laat I night were tonight returning to their own roofa today, Many of them were among the fire fighters. No one was killed or Injured. The whole district waa as light as day. Radio operators as far out at sea aa 200 miles called In to aak about the leaping flames they saw along; the horlson. PLIVVKR NOTE. Hen Ptord Is out for president. . Although he hasn't got It yet; But If he does, we hope there'll be No loose nuts In the cabinet.. |