They quickly and triumphantly extinguish it.Īfter some time working on Engine 33, Jack arrives at the scene of another vacant rowhouse fire, where a fellow firefighter from Ladder 49, Dennis Gauquin ( Billy Burke), dies after falling through the roof of a building. Jack and Mike enter the building with a hose line and tackle the blaze, with Jack on the nozzle of the hose. Engine 33 and Ladder 49 respond and are the first companies on the scene. Jack's first fire takes place at a burning vacant rowhouse. He quickly becomes close friends with his fellow firefighters, including Mike, his Captain at the time. On Engine 33, Jack learns the ropes of firefighting. Quartered with Engine 33 is Ladder Company 49.
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Interspersed with the current rescue efforts are a series of flashbacks showing how Jack joined the fire department, his first meeting (at a supermarket) with the woman who would eventually become his wife ( Jacinda Barrett), his relationship with his children, and the bonds he formed and the trials and tribulations he endured with his fellow firefighters.Īfter graduating from the fire academy, Jack is sent to work on Baltimore City Fire Department (BCFD) Engine Company 33, in the busiest firehouse in the city.
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The film follows the efforts of the other men in his unit, Ladder Company 49, led by the commands of Deputy Chief Mike Kennedy ( John Travolta), Jack's mentor, to rescue him while Morrison tries to reach a safe area of the burning structure. However, the grain stored in the warehouse explodes, causing Jack to fall through several floors and breaks his leg.
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Baltimore City firefighter Jack Morrison ( Joaquin Phoenix) saves a man's life in a massive four-alarm fire in a 20-story concrete grain elevator/warehouse in the Canton waterfront neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland.