Ablaze 2001

Andrew Thomas Larry Poindexter is an agent who records the mounting violations at an oil refinery that sits just outside a quiet suburban town. His brother, Jack Thomas John Bradley, works as a firefighter, and the two men share a deep concern for the safety of the community. At the local hospital, Jack’s ex-girlfriend, Dr. Jennifer Lewis Amanda Pays, defies the orders of her boss, Vivian Sims Carolyn Seymour, to help a pregnant woman named Mindi Hunter Melissa Brasselle. The hospital becomes a focal point as fear and duty collide with professional boundaries and personal loyalties.

A young kid named Barry Scotty Cox accidentally sets his house on fire, propelling the town toward a crisis. Jack’s team is dispatched by Chief Sam Davis Michael Cavanaugh to rescue Barry and his mother, Gwen Dorian Lopinto. The rescue mission takes a grim turn when Jack is injured, and the group ends up at the hospital, adding pressure to an already strained medical system. In the midst of the growing danger, Andrew discovers a string of refinery violations and uncovers a sinister plot to burn the refinery down to claim the insurance money.

The alarm widens as the plan unfolds. Wendell Mays [Tom Arnold], the refinery’s manager, sends Curt Peters William Zabka and Rick Woods David Bowe to retrieve documents from Andrew’s office that detail the violations. Peters succeeds in collecting the documents but is burned alive and ultimately killed when he is run over by a car. Woods, facing a choice about the document, decides to drive off and forget it, leaving the evidence behind. The escalating fire forces a city-wide response, and the hospital becomes a critical touchpoint for evacuations and triage.

As the blaze spreads, Sam Davis orders a full evacuation of the hospital. He confronts Mayor Phillips Edward Albert about his potential involvement in the initial explosion, adding political stakes to the already tense rescue operation. Jack learns that Andrew is in critical condition and heads to his side for what becomes a tearful farewell before Andrew succumbs. In the hospital, Mindi’s own story takes a hopeful turn when she gives birth to a daughter named Hayley Hayley Sanchez, linking tragedy and new life in a moment of fragile optimism.

With the city’s safety in mind, Wendell and Vivian are evacuated in a truck, but an exploding building causes the vehicle to catch fire, ending their lives. The crisis intensifies as a broadcast crew, led by Tim Vester Christian Oliver, helps coordinate evacuations. Jack works alongside Tim’s footage to move people toward makeshift rescue units, but tragedy strikes again when Tim is killed by falling scaffolding while racing to safety. Despite the mounting losses, the remaining firefighters steadily reach the rescue units and the wounded are transported to improvised medical posts.

In the final push, Jack organizes a desperate last-ditch effort to save as many as possible before an enormous explosion wipes out an entire section of the city. Miraculously, all the firefighters survive this cataclysm, and Jack is finally reunited with Jennifer Lewis as the dust settles. In the aftermath, Chief Davis makes a decisive move to bring Mayor Phillips to account for his alleged involvement, signaling a somber but necessary step toward restoring order and accountability in a city scarred by fire, fear, and loss.