Bixby Mountain Fire Entrapment Fatality 1939

Joseph Calandra, a firefighter with the California Department of Forestry (Now CAL FIRE) was entrapped by fire on the Bixby Mountain fire in Big Sur, Monterey County, California. Calandra and another firefighter attempted to escape the fire, but Calandra succumbed to his injuries. His companion escaped to the highway and was picked up and taken to the hospital for severe burns. A local fire lookout was named for Joseph Calandra, on a mountain called Williams Hill. 

Entrapment, Fatality, Burn Injury