1979 Canadian disaster film directed by Alvin Rakoff
City on Fire is a 1979 disaster action film directed by Alvin Rakoff, written by Jack Hill, Dave Lewis, and Céline La Frenière, and stars Barry Newman, Susan Clark, Shelley Winters, Leslie Nielsen, James Franciscus, Ava Gardner, and Henry Fonda. The film's plot revolves around a disgruntled ex-employee who sabotages an oil refinery, setting off a blaze that engulfs an entire city. People try to either fight the fire or flee as it spreads throughout the city.
The film was shot in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, although the name of the city is not mentioned in the film.
Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.