Seconds from Disaster — Season 1, Episode 4: Fire On the Star (Fire Onboard the Star)

Episode synopsis

On Easter 1990, a fire breaks out on the Scandinavian Star Ferry. After been towed to Sweden, the fire is eventually put out after 10 hours. Then the worst is revealed. 158 people have lost their lives. But why on Earth did they die? An investigation is immediately started, but the truth will shock them.

About Seconds from Disaster

Seconds from Disaster is a US/UK-produced documentary television programme that investigates historically relevant man-made and natural disasters of the 20th century. Each episode aims to explain a single incidental by analyzing the causes and circumstances that ultimately effected the disaster. The program uses re-enactments, interviews, testimonies, and CGI to analyze the sequence of events second-by-second for the audience. Narrators for the show are Ashton Smith, Richard Vaughan and Peter Guinness.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Crash of the Concorde (Concorde)
• E2Tunnel Inferno
• E3The Bomb in Oklahoma City
• E5Derailment at Eschede (High Speed Train Wreck)
• E6Wreck of the Sunset Limited
• E7Meltdown in Chernobyl
• E8Inferno at Guadalajara
• E9Fire on the Ski Slope
• E10Explosion in the North Sea
• E11Flood at Stava Dam
• E12Collision on the Runway
• E13Pentagon 9/11