Was Ronald responsible for starting the fire that killed Dennis McCaffrey?
In Backdraft, the beginning of the film shows a firefighter (Dennis McCaffrey) killed while fighting a fire while his two young sons, Brian and Stephen witnessed it.
Brian and Steven are now adults and both firefighters. The fire inspector takes Brian to a parole hearing for known arsonist, Ronald Bartel. Ronald knows Brian's brother, Stephen as well as his late father.
BRIAN: Hey, do I know you?
RONALD: Your dad did.
BRIAN: Who the hell is this guy?
RONALD: (speaking to the fire inspector, whom he calls "shadow") Come on, Shadow. He lost his dad to the animal...and you didn't even tell him who he was coming to see? Tell him.
Ronald seemed to think that it was important that Brian knows who he is. Is there any evidence that Ronald started the fire that killed Dennis McCaffrey 20 years earlier?
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Who started the fires in Backdraft?
Brian (William Baldwin) manages to figure out that Adcox (Scott Glenn), a firefighter who was like an uncle to Brian and his brother Stephen (Kurt Russell) when their father died is the one responsible for the backdraft fires that killed the three associates of city alderman Swayzak (J.T. Walsh).Who was Ronald in Backdraft?
Ronald Bartel is an imprisoned arsonist who is a minor antagonist in the 1991 film Backdraft, he was portrayed by veteran actor Donald Sutherland. He is a pyromaniac and is an expert with the craft of using fire as a work of destruction.The Last Outpost | RONALD REAGAN | American Western | Old Cowboy Movie
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