Ablaze

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Ablaze

2019

1h 26m

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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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13 members

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Victoria Abbott

Nancy Nash

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Manon Blackman

Doreen Parsons

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Jarred Blakiston

Sam Newstead

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Alison Bruce

Edith Drake

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Janine Burchett

Mrs. Moft

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Brittany Clark

Mary Wootton

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Serena Cotton

Lola Crew

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James Davies

Colin Lovell

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Nick Davies

Bill McKibbin

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Andrew Vaughan Eddey

Eric Boon

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Mark Mitchinson

Kenneth Ballantyne

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Ryan Lampp

Wally

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Torum Heng

Lois Kennedy

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