What the records say
- When
- 1953
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 39.66° N, 122.64° W
- Description
- 1953 California, USA wildfire
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Rattlesnake Fire
1953 wildfire in Northern California
The Rattlesnake Fire was a wildfire started by arsonist Stanford Pattan on July 9, 1953, in Powder House Canyon on the Mendocino National Forest in northern California. The wildfire killed one Forest Service employee and 14 volunteer firefighters from the New Tribes Mission, and burned over 1,300 acres (530 ha) before it was controlled on July 11, 1953.
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