The rays of the sun focused through the eyepiece of a dumped civilian gas mask, set fire to 15,000 tons of scrap rubber in a Government depot at Mitcham recently. The blaze, one of the largest London has seen since the blitz days, was not brought under control till 450 firemen with 45 pumps had battled with it for four hours.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26485, 12 June 1947, Page 5
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61The rays of the sun focused through the eyepiece of a dumped civilian gas mask, set fire to 15,000 tons of scrap rubber in a Government depot at Mitcham recently. The blaze, one of the largest London has seen since the blitz days, was not brought under control till 450 firemen with 45 pumps had battled with it for four hours. Otago Daily Times, Issue 26485, 12 June 1947, Page 5
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