The towering inferno displays a scene of the fire that goes beyond control as a wiring mistake leads to a power surge that quickly spreads to all the floors of the building and ultimately causes havoc and disaster to the parked tower of VIPs. In a cynical and bizarre manner, political elites and dignitaries find themselves trapped in the raging fire that poses serious threat to human life and massacre. The Glass Tower is constructed to host a lavish party that will include the political luminaries of San Francisco, Senator Gary Parker, and Mayor Robert Ramsey. The movie involves the construction of the 1800 feet skyscraper that is mainly meant to hold a ceremony in the city. As stakes increase, the Jim Duncan gets an architectural deal that puts Duncan Enterprises in charge of the construction and subsequent installation of the electric system. Doug Roberts, the chief architect for the company, realizes that the installation is wrongly done and would be a great danger. He asserts that the instructions he left were not fully implemented and decided to look for Roger Simmons, who happens to be son-in-law. Being the company’s chief electrical engineer, he’s supposed to answer to Dough’s concerns over the electric connection and is unavailable upon search. Both Will Giddings and Dough moves quick to confront Simmons, but he insists that everything was done properly thus no cause for alarm. Shortly after the fire breaks that engulfs Giddings, and suddenly the hell breaks loose. Duncan insists that he fire would not spread hence Dough should proceed to the party and as events unfold, and the deadly fire gets out of hand, series of actions occur.
Who acted first?
While the routine checks end in prematurely as Giddings is engulfed in an inferno, Dough is forced to the call the fire department to take charge of the situation and attempt to restore the situation for the party to proceed. In this regard, the fire department soon arrives. They are under the watch of Battalion Chief, who happens to be Mike O’Halloran. O’Halloran and his team arrive in force to take charge, and the evacuation process starts. As the O’Halloran reaches the Promenade Room and forces Duncan to help in the evacuation, a gas line explodes and more fire is caused that reaches the elevator where some partiers are relaxing. They are also engulfed by the fire.
How the public is depicted in the movie
The public in this movie has been portrayed in a different manner. The initial reaction to the enraging fire is the frightened public who are in a panic to find their way to safety. However, every capable partier attempts to help in the evacuation as witnessed when Dough and Harry Jernigan rushes to rescue Mrs. Allbright and the children who are trapped on the 87th floor. They are forced to trek several floors to the Promenade Room for safety. Everybody is engaged in the rescue mission and attempts to take casualties to safety as the fire department continues their quest to extinguish the fire.
How the officials are depicted
The movie depicts the firefighters as efficient and people who are committed to their tasks and responsibilities of rescuing as many people as possible and to extinguish infernos. The fire department, in this case, arrives in full force and stumps their authority through an action-packed rescue mission. Despite their concerns among skyscrapers, they carry out the task to its merit. The government officials are depicted as aggressive as they are all involved in the rescue and evacuation.
In conclusion, the movie is an accurate depiction of response. In many cases, the fire department often acts in their capacity to bring the fire situation to normalcy. The party being an elite event, the actions taken represent the real life situation of infernos.
