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Forest Ablaze: Run for Your Life

2023/12/21
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Scott and Mary Beth Johnson narrowly escape the Beachy Creek wildfire in Oregon by making a perilous jump off a cliff to reach the river below, surrounded by flames on all sides.

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Scott Johnson and his wife Marybeth have an idyllic life in rural Oregon. Surrounded by ancient woodland, forest fires are a common occurrence - something you learn to exist with. When the couple go to bed one night in September 2020, they have no idea what lies in store. Soon, they’ll be trapped in the heart of the most ferocious wildfire seen in these parts for thirty years. Out of options and out of time, together they must leap into the unknown…

A Noiser production, written by Rowan Coleman.

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