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Wildfires 2014: Inside the Inferno

Kate Humble

Simon Reeve

Edwina Silver

Lucy Van Beek

Wildfires 2014: Inside the Inferno: Episode 2

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Episode 2

BBC Two - Wildfires 2014: Inside the Inferno, Episode 2

Simon Reeve and Kate Humble uncover the causes of the biggest and most extreme fires.

Kate Humble and Simon Reeve investigate Australia's worst wildfire season in a decade. Simon and Kate explore why wind is such a lethal factor in the spread of wildfires.

At the height of the worst wildfire season in a decade, Kate Humble and Simon Reeve travel to New South Wales, Australia to discover how the 70,000-strong Rural Firefighting Service contend with as many as 100 fires a day. 

Simon joins a spectacular aerial operation as the team waterbomb a new wildfire spreading dangerously fast in a remote national park. And Kate experiences first-hand what it's like to be inside a firefighting truck as the flames approach.  

In the second programme of the series, Simon and Kate explore why wind is such a lethal factor in the spread of wildfires, and uncover the causes of the biggest and most extreme fires, meeting leading scientists working to unlock the secrets of wildfire behaviour.

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Kate Humble and Simon Reeve investigate Australia's worst wildfire season in a decade.

At the height of the worst wildfire season in a decade, Kate Humble and Simon Reeve visit Australia to meet the Rural Firefighting Service who tackle as many as 100 fires a day.

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