Porterville Drive-in Fire

Sun, 31 May 2009 07:36:10 GMT

Porterville, CA - A fire burned a storage building that was located just below the west screen of the old Porterville Drive-in Theatre. According to the article in the Porterville Recorder, the small fire destroyed half the storage area and the case is under investigation for suspicious behavior. Flames had risen up the movie screen at one point before the fire was put out. The Porterville Drive-in Theatre, which opened in 1950, closed down in 2004.