Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland

TV Movie
1993
1h 44m

IMDb RATING

4.8/10

139

YOUR RATING

Action Drama

Based on the actual events of the 1991 brush fires that swept across Northern California which left countless people without homes. A rookie fire chief who just started his new job must deal... Read allBased on the actual events of the 1991 brush fires that swept across Northern California which left countless people without homes. A rookie fire chief who just started his new job must deal with the raging fires.Based on the actual events of the 1991 brush fires that swept across Northern California which left countless people without homes. A rookie fire chief who just started his new job must deal with the raging fires.

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IMDb RATING

4.8/10

139

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Most of the scene of the firefighters fighting the firestorm, and of the fire trucks coming in from the different cities, is real footage from the firestorm of 1991.

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Best laid plains..

This looks like an attempt to make a movie out of fire footage, and when there wasn't enough, some actors were tossed in to tell the rest of the story. As the other comments say, the acting is terrifically poor and this film can't decide if it wants to be a drama or a documentary. At times it feels like this belongs on TLC, but then the real fire footage leaves the screen and you remember the amateur acting that's trying to tell the story of the fire's victims.