Firestorms: Nature Out of Control

Overview

Once man harnessed fire, the two coexisted in an uneasy alliance. We live with fire, we need fire, but can't stop its raging once it's out of control. We'll look at an 1871 fire in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, that killed a third of its citizens; the death of 13 smokejumpers in 1949 in Montana; and California's 1991 Oakland Hills fires.