Director: Tom Putnam & Brenna Sanchez Run Time: 86 min.
Call Number: HD8039.F52 U524 2014
"As the city’s population declined to about 700,000 today from 1.85 million in 1950, abandoned houses, some of which have been taken over by squatters, serve as targets for arsonists who, according to one talking head, set fires for three reasons: 'profit, revenge and kicks.' The city has 80,000 vacant structures, of which only 3,000 are torn down each year. The city’s average of 30 fires a day is one of the highest rates in the nation. The movie includes several scenes of infernos being battled inside buildings on the verge of collapse and filmed by cameras attached to the firefighters’ helmets."
—Stephen Holden, New York Times
