1915 Ocean Park pier fire

The 1915 Ocean Park pier fire broke out about 1 a.m. on Monday, December 27, 1915, during the pier's mid-winter festival event in Ocean Park, Los Angeles County, California, United States.

The fire destroyed about a third of Fraser's pier, including the dance hall, much of the Ben Hur roller coaster, a concession building, and part of the scenic railway on the north side of the pier.

[3] Concessions damaged or destroyed included Paris by Night,[2] the Bollinger Baby Little Elizabeth,[2] small Japanese-owned shops,[2] a bowling alley,[2] Esquimaux [Eskimo] Village,[2] Puzzletown,[2] Arabian Village,[2] candy shop,[4] a palm-reader's room,[4] cigar store,[4] and a "midget village.

[2] The fire was likely started by an incompletely extinguished cigarette igniting the dance hall,[6] or possibly faulty wiring.

[2] The Eskimo village usually had huskies on exhibit but they were not present at the time of the fire because they were being used on a film shoot in the mountains.

Map showing locations of Santa Monica, Ocean Park, and Venice in 1914