Falling Through Fire

by Clifford Thompson

The true story of a fire-fighter and his experiences of high-profile disasters during his 25 year career. However, there is one memory he cannot escape and he is haunted by the death of a three-year-old boy dying in his arms after a house fire just days before Christmas.

300 pages, Paperback

Published September 7, 2017

About the author

Clifford Thompson is a journalist and writer. He has worked in television news for more
than twenty years and will see his first book published in September 2017.
He’s a staff journalist with BBC News covering national and international stories. He’s worked for
Newsnight on BBC Two, BBC News 24, and BBC One’s Breakfast programme.

Falling Through Fire is a memoir published by Mirror Books about his time, first as a
firefighter, then as a journalist working on major disasters including the 1993 World Trade
Center bombing and the Paddington train crash. But at the heart of the book is one
incident that has stayed with him: a three year-old boy who died in his arms following a
house fire the week before Christmas in 1991, and his search for the boy’s mother nearly
twenty years later.

Reviews

[Kristina · Rating 5 out of 5]

A brilliant read! Heart-stopping, gripping, thought-provoking.
The author was a firefighter until a horrific incident stopped him in his tracks.

[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant book written by a firefighter. Made me cry in places as he was involved in the Clapham Rail Crash and I knew someone that passed away in this accident.

[Elsie · Rating 2 out of 5]

In all honesty this is much stronger than many books about UK firefighters it just lacked something for me. I think I’d still recommend it for a quick read if you’re interested in the subject or in the job.

[Liam Curran · Rating 5 out of 5]

well recommended