Countdown to calamity

Produced: 1971

Length: 26 Minutes

Fire is a necessary element for which humans depend upon for warmth, cooking, and the progression of technology, but unchecked, fire is a destructive force that destroys ten times faster than it can create. “Countdown to Calamity,” documents one of the most traumatic and destructive wildfires to decimate the hills of California. Dark billowing smoke and desperate fire fighters giving their all to protect homes from the carelessly started flame and footage from the 1970 blaze, create an intense story of human fear and emotion battling with an unforgiving inferno.