The year is 1913. In Britain women are burning buildings and planting bombs: and all this for something that in a hundred years time will completely take for granted a woman’s right to vote. Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley, BBC 2018
This new tactic of arson is a big shift in gear … More than 160 attacks. ibid.
Ancient Rome: As many as a hundred fires break out every year … some are catastrophic. Rome Revealed s1e4: Heart of the Empire, National Geographic 2010
As World War II finally ends an infamous cold case begins. Five siblings vanish in an instant ... Can new evidence finally reveal answers – what really happened to the notorious Sodder children? History’s Greatest Mysteries s3e8: The Sodder Children Disappearance, History 2022
Jennie wakes up suddenly. She smells smoke … Within minutes Jennie, George and four of their children run outside. But as far as they know, the remaining five are trapped upstairs. ibid.
‘None of the remains of the five children were ever found in the dirth of the fire.’ ibid.
Nicola and Joanne died in their bedroom from the poisonous smoke of a burning settee. The inquest gave the cause of death as ‘inhalation of toxic fumes’. Two weeks ago ten people died in Woolworth’s Manchester store following a fire at the furniture department. World in Action: Armchair Inferno, ITV 1979
Polyurethane foam was invented 25 years ago. It revolutionised the furniture business, creating new designs and comfort. But if polyurethane catches fire, it burns fast producing enormous heat, dense black smoke and toxic gasses which kill within minutes. ibid.
This is the Boeing 737 aeroplane. It is the workhorse of British charter airlines and dozens of other airlines around the world … On August 22nd this year at 12 minutes past 7 in the morning the 737’s proud reputation suffered a sudden blow. The sound of an exploding engine echoed across Manchester airport … [and] caught fire as it was about to take off. Within a few minutes 54 holidaymakers had died in the inferno that cut the plane in two. World in Action: The Last Days of Juliet Lima, ITV 1985
Behind the tragic scenes of that fateful day which brought the prime minister to Manchester lies the history of a troubled engine. ibid.
Darkness at noon. A team risking their lives in a fight against fires two-hundred feet high. Tonight, the men who are paid up to £2000 a week to tackle the aftermath of a bitter and devastating war. World in Action: The Most Dangerous Job in the World, ITV 1995
The elite of the world’s firefighters … [in] a competition to cap the most oilwells in Kuwait … The men are working in a battlefield. ibid.