"The casualties are now close to 3,000. To complicate matters, water pressure has fallen considerably. Despite the help of neighboring communities, the scattered locations of fires are more than the combined firefighters. And now, as night approaches, the looting has begun."
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City on Fire (1979 film)
City on Fire is a 1979 Canadian disaster film about a refinery employee who was expecting a promotion but is instead fired and decides to take revenge, opening the refinery's oil, gasoline and various chemical valves, leading to a massive explosion and fire that destroys the refinery and eventually engulfs the entire city. At the center of this catastrophe is a newly-built hospital opening in the city.
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