"[We] just never knew when the fire was going to get away from us," recalls the director, who says the cast and crew bonded over working with live fire on the 1991 film and reveals Robert De Niro's ...

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The former Chicago firefighter who served as the inspiration for Robert De Niro's arson investigator role in the blockbuster film "Backdraft" has died. WSPY News reports that Donald Rimgale passed ...

Aug. 01--Four firefighters were burned in a backdraft that erupted during a blaze Sunday afternoon at a West Side residential building. The fire, in the 4900 block of West Potomac Avenue in the city's ...