A New Inferno

Set during Phoenix's historically hottest month of July, A New Inferno exposes what happens when record-breaking heat turns deadly and how it affects the most vulnerable: the unhoused. In 2024, 608 people in Maricopa County died from heat-related illness, representing a staggering increase over the past decade. The crew at Arizona’s busiest firehouse race to save heatstroke victims using a radical new treatment. Against the backdrop of rising global temperatures, urban heat islands and under-resourced services, Phoenix has become a climate canary.