Thunderbirds Episode 15 Tele-Snaps

“A car crash in the underground parking lot of the newly opened Thompson Tower maxi-mall causes a raging inferno which soon consumes the building when the sprinkler system fails. Unseen by the security cameras, the Carter family – Joe, Blanche and their son, Tommy – is trapped by sealed fire doors in the access corridors beneath the Tower. By the time they are spotted, it is too late to effect a rescue by normal means.

The Tower Controller calls International Rescue and Scott and Virgil race to the scene in Thunderbirds 1 and 2, in spite of having only just recovered from the side-effects of experiments with the new cutting equipment fuelled by oxyhydnite gas. As Thunderbird 1 arrives, the Tower collapses, raising doubts as to how long it will be before the ceiling of the underground corridor caves in. Scott and Virgil realize that the only way to reach the Carters in time is to cut through the fire doors with the oxyhydnite equipment, whatever the risks from the side-effects.

Virgil uses the Firefly to clear the burning remains of the Thompson Tower from the area. He then joins Scott in the Mole as they tunnel into the corridor system half a mile from the trapped family. The Tracys quickly cut their way through the numerous fire doors, with no ill-effects from the oxyhydnite gas, and manage to rescue the Carters just as the roof caves in. The underground corridors collapse, but the Tracys and the Carters escape to the surface in the Mole, to the relief of the Tower Controller.

Back on Tracy Island, Brains realizes that the extreme heat from the underground corridors negated the side-effects of the oxyhydnite gas. With electrically heated tanks in place, the equipment will be safe to use in any conditions on future operations.”