Santa Susana Nuclear

Breaking: Source of Malibu Fire May Be the Contaminated Santa Susana Nuke Facility, Site of Secret 1959 Meltdown

The “Chatsworth electric substation” on the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) site experienced disturbances two minutes before the fire began, and may be the source of the Woolsey fire. There was a partial nuclear meltdown at the site in 1959 and it is still contaminated.