Synopsis

This installment of Modern Marvels explores some of the most intense and destructive fires imaginable, and the courageous individuals who battle them. The program includes conversations with a firefighter from World War II, instrumental in containing the devastating blazes during London’s blitz, as well as profiles of “Hell Fighters,” specialists tasked with extinguishing uncontrolled oil well fires, and “smoke jumpers,” who parachute into remote forest fire zones. Firefighting: Extreme Conditio