Homes on fire: Firefighters race to save trapped families | American Inferno

A dramatic apartment rescue in subzero Michigan temperatures. A wind-whipped house fire on the California coast. A Christmas Day blaze with a downed power line blocking the way. A fully engulfed camper in a crowded Pennsylvania campground.

These are the fires at the center of American Inferno, a new NewsNation digital series hosted by Lt. Bryan Mathiau of the Manchester, Connecticut, Fire Department.

For more than a decade, firefighter and veteran Bryan Mathiau has run toward danger. Now, he takes you inside destructive fires across America.

Through raw, first-hand helmet-cam footage and his expert perspective, witness the razor-thin margins of life-or-death decisions made in real-time.

From heroic rescues of families trapped in sub-zero conditions to battling massive industrial blazes, American Inferno puts you on the front lines, where seconds determine survival. This is what it means to fight fire in America.

Host: Bryan Mathiau

Segment Producer: Chris Casey, Matthew Troy, Taylor Girtman

Videos courtesy: City of Wyoming, Modesto Fire Department, San Bernardino County Fire, Citizens Hose Co. of Jersey Shore

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