I saw “Backdraft” when it came out in 1991. Loved it. Saw it three times. It felt very cutting-edge, especially all the eerie shots of rolling fire, which, unbeknownst to everyone at the time, ...

Donald S. Rimgale was a Chicago firefighter and fire investigator who inspired the character played by Robert De Niro in “Backdraft,” the 1991 movie set and filmed in Chicago. “He was really just ...

SANDWICH, Ill. — A former fire chief who inspired a character in the film “Backdraft” died Monday at his home. WSPY News reported that former Sandwich Fire Department Chief Don Rimgale, whom Robert De ...

A rookie firefighter tries to earn the respect of his older brother and other firefighters while taking part in an investigation of a string of arson/murders. This detailed look into the duties and ...

Twenty years ago Ron Howard made Backdraft, a visually stunning triumph of special effects that is remembered far more for its arresting firey set-pieces than its converging humanist plot-lines. But ...