but instead of making a run for it during the ensuing chaos, Estrada stays and helps putting the fire out.

Unfortunately, the convicts don’t do a very thorough job, and after they leave the woods start smoldering again. A pretty young teacher (Donna Mills) is out on an excursion nearby with a group of children and spots the fire. She gets the kids in the bus and drives them to safety at a nearby vacation lodge, but suffers a breakdown because one of the children, little Judy, had wandered off into the forest and was left behind.

The owner of the lodge is a widow (Vera Miles) who is being courted by lumber mill owner Ernest Borgnine. While the local fire department do what they can to fight the rapidlyspreading fire that is headed for town, Borgnine and a young doctor (Alex Cord) head into the flaming woods to find the missing child.

The fire is spreading too fast to contain and the fire department needs backup. Volunteers from the prison, among them Eric Estrada, are brought in to help out. Estrada finally sees his chance to escape and runs away into the forest. It turns out he’s really a good guy, though, when he stops at a crashed helicopter to help the injured pilot, thus losing his chance to get away.

As the fire closes in on the lodge, where the school children and women are stranded, Ernest and Dr Alex Cord come to the rescue with heavy trucks and a bulldozer. On the way back, a burning