Incident Name: Fremont Canyon Fire near Newhall, CA
Date: 10/05/58
Personnel: Leland Dennis
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Agency/Organization: BIA resource, working on a fire of unknown jurisdiction (fed-USFS, state-CDF or local-LA County or LA City)
Position: firefighter from Orabi, AZ
Summary:
Leland Dennis was a Hopi Indian firefighter from Oraibi, AZ. He was in California assisting with a series of southern California fires. He was burned over on the Fremont Canyon Fire near Newhall, CA Sunday Oct 5, 1958.
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