- Title: ALGERIA: ORAN - WIDESPREAD FIRE DAMAGE BY O.A.S.
- Date: 28th June 1962
- Summary: 1. GV. FLOURMILL ON FIRE. 0.05 2. GV. TILT-HOSE TO UPPER STOREY. 0.11 3. SV. BURNING INTERIOR. 0.15 4. SV. FLAMES FROM WINDOWS. 0.19 5. SV. CIVILIANS WITH HOSE. 0.21 6. SV. FIREMEN PAN TO JET DIRECTED AT WINDOW. 0.25 7. SLV. FIREFIGHTERS BREAK IN DOOR. 0.29 8. SV. SMOKE POURS FROM WINDOW. 0.32 9. SLV. FIREMEN AND CIVILIANS ACTIVE ROUND DOOR. 0.36 10. MV. FLAMES FROM WINDOW. 0.39 11. GV. HOSE ON BUILDING-BACK THROWN FROM WINDOW. 0.43 12. GV. CROWDS AND FIRE. 0.47 13. GV PAN..OIL INSTALLATION BLAZING. 0.53 14. GTV. SMOKE RISING FROM BURNING TANKS. 0.56 15. SLV. BURNING TANK. 0.59 16. SV. BURNING TANK. 1.04 17. LV. BURNING TANK. 1.07 18. GV PAN..BLAZING TANKS. 1.15 19. CU. BOY WATCHES. 1.18 20. GV. FIRE. 1.21 21. GV. SUN THROUGH SMOKE. 1.24 22. GV. BILLOWING SMOKE FROM FLAMES. 1.28 23. SV. SPECTATORS. 1.30 24. SLV. BLAZING TANK. 1.33 25. GV. FIRE. 1.39 Initials KB/V/JF/PB Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 13th July 1962 13:00
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- Location: ORAN, ALGERIA
- Country: Algeria
- Reuters ID: LVA98L0CHDKMNCEKNWT9LL7KUKBE
- Story Text: DESPITE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT TERRORISM WAS AT AN END IN ALGERIA, THE O.A.S., (SECRET ARMY ORGANISATION) IN ORAN CONTINUE THEIR "SCORCHED EARTH" CAMPAIGN.
VISNEWS FILMSHOT JUNE 27, SHOWS FLAMES AND THICK CLOUDS OF SMOKE RISING OVER THE CITY AS TWELVE MILLION LITRES OF OIL CONTINUE TO BURN IN THE PORT'S OIL INSTALLATIONS, AFTER THE BLAZE STARTED BY THE O.A.S., TWO DAYS BEFORE.
THE NAVAL FIRE BRIGADE HAS REPLACED THE EXHAUSTED MUNICIPAL BRIGADE. THE INTENSE HEAT MADE THEIR WORK DIFFICULT AS IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE MEN TO GET CLOSER THAN 150 YARDS FROM THE MAIN CENTRES OF THE FIRE.
ALL SHIPS WERE WITHDRAWN FROM THE HARBOUR, AND LAY OFF THE POST IN THE HOPE OF RETURNING TO COMPLETE THE LOADINGS SO HASTILY INTERRUPTED. TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMMUNICATION SERE SEVERED, VIRTUALLY ISOLATING THE CITY.
OTHER FIRES BROKE OUT, FURTHER TAXING THE RESOURCES AND FLAGGING MANPOWER OF THE FIRE BRIGADES. FILM SHOWS A BLAZE AT A SCHOOL, SWEEPING THROUGH THE BUILDING UNCHECKED, WITH NO EFFORT BEING MADE BY LOCAL RESIDENTS TO PUT IT OUT.
ANOTHER BLAZE, IN A FOUR DEPT, DREW RESPONSE FROM THE LOCAL RESIDENTS. FOR THE FIRST TIME THEY LENT A READY HAND TO FIREMEN AS THE FLAMES SPREAD, THREATENING THEIR OWN HOMES.
LATE ON THE SAME DAY A LEADER OF THE O.A.S. EX-COLONEL DUFOUR, IN A PIRATE BROADCAST, CALLED OFF WHAT REMAINED TO BE CARRIED OUT OF THE SCORCHED EARTH POLICY. WITH EX-GENERAL GARDY AND A NUMBER OF FELLOW-CONSPIRATORS, HE THEN LEFT THE CITY FOR AN UNKNOWN DESTINATION. OBSERVERS SAID THIS MARKED THE END OF THE O.A.S., IN ORAN AS AN ORGANISED, DISCIPLINED FORCE.
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