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Wildfires 2014: Inside the Inferno

Kate Humble

Simon Reeve

Edwina Silver

Lucy Van Beek

Wildfires 2014: Inside the Inferno: Episode 1

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Episode 1

BBC Two - Wildfires 2014: Inside the Inferno, Episode 1

Kate Humble and Simon Reeve explore why wildfires in Australia are so frequent.

Kate Humble and Simon Reeve investigate Australia's worst wildfire season in a decade. They explore why wildfires in Australia are so frequent and hard to control.

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. 

Kate visits their HQ in Sydney to investigate the sophisticated rapid response system designed to kick into action the second a fire is reported, while Simon joins a crew racing to stamp out a grass fire threatening a nearby town and joins a team trekking through remote bushland to extinguish spot fires started by lightning. 

In this first programme of two, Simon and Kate explore why wildfires in Australia are so frequent and hard to control, unlocking the surprising secrets of fire behaviour with leading scientists working to help those on the frontline.

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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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