**HISTORY REPEATS: The Simi Valley Fire of 2025 Is Uncannily Mirroring the 1933 Griffith Park Disaster. Both Began in Dry Brush on a Santa Ana Wind Day. in 1933, 29 Firefighters Died When the Blaze Shifted Direction Without Warning Due to a Microburst. Today, Crews Are Reporting Identical Erratic Wind Patterns Over the Arroyo Simi. "The Ghost of '33 Is Breathing Down Our Necks," One Veteran Firefighter Told Us. "We're Pulling Crews Back Early. We Learned That Lesson."**
HISTORY REPEATS: The Simi Valley Fire of 2025 is uncannily mirroring the 1933 Griffith Park disaster. Both began in dry brush on a Santa Ana wind day. In 1933, 29 firefighters died when the blaze shifted direction without warning due to a microburst. Today, crews are reporting identical erratic wind patterns over the Arroyo Simi. “The ghost of ‘33 is breathing down our necks,” one veteran firefighter told us. “We’re pulling crews back early. We learned that lesson.”