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Ablaze

Ablaze

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 29, 2019

Runtime

1h 26m

Genres

Drama, History

Original Title

Ablaze

Production Companies

Screentime, Television New Zealand

Director

Joshua Frizzell

Budget

$2,000,000

Description

In November 1947 forty-one people died in a massive blaze that gutted the huge Ballantynes Department Store complex in the heart of Christchurch’s business district. This is the tragic story of New Zealand’s worst fire disaster.