Backdraft

Backdraft is a 1991 American action drama mystery film written by Gregory Widen, directed by Ron Howard; starring Kurt Russell, Scott Glenn, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, the late Donald Sutherland, and J.T. Walsh. A sequel was made in 2019 titled Backdraft 2.

Chicago firefighting brothers Stephen (Kurt Russell) and Brian (William Baldwin) have been rivals since childhood. Brian, struggling to prove himself, transfers to the arson unit. There he aids Don (Robert De Niro) in his investigation into a spate of fires involving oxygen-induced infernos called backdrafts. But when a conspiracy implicating a crooked politician and an arsonist leads Brian back to Stephen, he is forced to overcome his brotherly competitiveness in order to crack the case.

Victims

• Captain Dennis McCaffrey - Killed in an explosion when flames made contact with a ruptured gas line while he was trying to put out a tenement fire that was started by Ronald Bartel.
• Alan Seagrave - Burned and launched through a car windshield by a backdraft after triggering John Adcox's trap.
• Two Unnamed Firefighters - Killed in the line of duty off-screen, mentioned.
• Mike Erickson - Killed in the line of duty off-screen, mentioned. (Mentioned in the official cut, but only named in a deleted scene)
• Unnamed Little Girl - Burned to death in a fire started by Ronald Bartel off-screen, mentioned.
• At Least One Unnamed Old Woman - Burned to death in a fire started by Ronald Bartel off-screen, mentioned.
• Donald Cosgrove - Burned and launched through a door by a backdraft after triggering John Adcox's trap.
• Two Rats - Died of unspecified causes off-screen, bodies seen.
• Unnamed Man - Died of unspecified causes off-screen, body seen in the morgue.
• Unnamed Person - Died of unspecified causes off-screen, body seen under a sheet in the morgue.
• Unnamed Man - Died of unspecified causes off-screen, body seen in the morgue.
• Jeffrey Holcomb - Burned and killed in an explosion after triggering John Adcox's trap off-screen, body shown.
• John "Axe" Adcox - Either died of trauma from landing on a barrel or burned to death when he and Bull fell from a collapsing catwalk.
• Lieutenant Stephen "Bull" McCaffrey - Succumbed to his injuries after he and John Adcox fell from a collapsing catwalk and he was impaled on a piece of metal.

Deaths

• Total - 16
  • 14 Humans
    • 11 Men
    • 2 Female
    • 1 Victim of Unknown Gender
  • 2 Animals
    • All Rats

Kill Counts

1. Ronald Bartel - 3 (Imprisoned)
2. John "Axe" Adcox - 3 (Deceased)