Forest on Fire

The Eagle Creek fire devastated the Columbia River Gorge, causing the local communities to evacuate, and stranding 150 day-hikers who dramatically hike nearly 20 miles to safety. A 15-year-old boy, who threw a lit firework into a dry ravine on the Eagle Creek Trail, set the fire. The film includes reports from an eyewitness who saw the boy start the fire, the stranded hikers, and people from the local communities that endured the elements and looked after one another.