Ablaze

Release date: 2019-09-29
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Genres: Drama, History, TV Movie
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.
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