‘It Rained Oil’: Remembering the Explosive 1958 Hancock Refinery Fire in California

PHOTOS: It was May 22, 2:00 p.m., I'm 9 years old, waiting on a Thursday afternoon for the school day to end. I've lived my whole— short —life in Lakewood, a new suburb incorporated in 1954. There are square miles of the same kind of neighborhood in every direction.I rode my bike to school and will ride it back.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCET-TV PBS 28 Los Angeles