A fire destroys three Topanga Beach houses, 1/3

Title

A fire destroys three Topanga Beach houses, 1/3

Description

A fire destroys three Topanga Beach houses, leaving a dirt lot on W. Topanga Beach Rd. that allowed entry to the public. The house on the right, 18664 W. Topanga Beach Rd., belonged to Katherine Ottesen-Salkow.

"Fire started in this house [center] with a wall heater that was left on all night."
--Jim Fitzpatrick

Date

1971

Source

PF 8.4

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Creator

John Sherwood
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Citation

John Sherwood, “A fire destroys three Topanga Beach houses, 1/3,” Topanga Historical Society Digital Archive, accessed November 8, 2026, https://www.topangahistoricalsociety.org/archive/document/2176.