In The Heat Of The Blaze, A&E, 1993

Experience what it is like to come face to face with the staggering destructive power of a raging inferno. Incredible footage of real firefighters in action shows the heat, the horror and the heroism of firefighting.
The daily struggles of big-city firefighting are shown as we venture into the flames with the Chicago Fire Department.
Watch a desperate attempt to free colleagues trapped beneath a collapsed roof. See the rescue of a robbery victim stuffed in an air duct.
In the Heat of the Blaze also takes a chilling look at the Chernobyl tragedy, where a small band of Russian firefighters managed to contain a nuclear meltdown, despite fatal levels of radiation which killed every member of the team, but one.
50 minutes, fully narrated, DVD ONLY, DI5000 / $24.95
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