Fire in Paradise

FRONTLINE: Film Audio Track | PBS

FRONTLINE

Pbs, Tv & Film, Wgbh, Documentaries, Frontline

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

A year after the devastating Camp Fire, FRONTLINE examines who’s to blame and why it was so catastrophic. With accounts from survivors and first responders, the documentary tells the inside story of the most destructive fire in California’s history, its causes and the impact of climate change.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This is an audio cast of the Frontline Program Fire in Paradise,
0:04.4	premiering October 29th on PBS and PBS.org slash Frontline.
0:09.4	Music
0:25.4	Tonight by noon we had conceded that the town had basically burned out.
0:29.6	One year since California's deadliest fire, the plan was completely overwhelmed by circumstances.
0:35.9	But I think those circumstances were not unprecedented.
0:40.1	Frontline takes you inside that day.
0:42.3	The lights completely engulfed in flames.
0:44.8	And I told my husband I'm like I can't run through fire and he said you're gonna have to.
0:49.4	Exposing the new dangers of a changing climate.
0:52.9	We just anticipate a fire that went seven and a half miles an hour and a half.
0:56.9	I don't think anybody envisioned that happening.
0:58.8	Do you think you should have envisioned that happening?
1:01.0	I'm not gonna answer that question.
1:02.8	Out of giant power company under scrutiny.
1:05.6	Is what PG&E did or did not do grossly negligent?
1:10.4	They've been on probation, they violated the probation.
1:12.7	If PG&E was an individual and not a corporation,
1:16.2	I think by now they would be in prison.
1:18.8	Tonight on Frontline Fire in Paradise.
1:25.4	Frontline is made possible by contributions to your PBS station from viewers like you.
1:30.8	Thank you.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from FRONTLINE, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of FRONTLINE and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.