Lisolette Mueller, a guest being wooed by con man Harlee Claiborne, rushes to the 87th floor to check on a deaf mother and her two children. Bigelow and his girlfriend Lorrie are killed when a separate fire traps them in the Duncan Enterprises offices on the 65th floor. Fire overtakes the express elevators, killing a group whose elevator stops on the engulfed 81st floor. Simmons admits to Duncan that he cut corners to bring the project back under budget and suggests other subcontractors did likewise. SFFD Chief Michael O'Halloran arrives and forces Duncan to evacuate the guests from the Promenade Room on the 135th floor. Roberts reports the fire to Duncan, who is courting Senator Gary Parker for an urban renewal contract and refuses to order an evacuation. Roberts and engineer Will Giddings go to the 81st floor, where Giddings is fatally burned pushing a guard away from the fire. Smoke is seen on the 81st floor, and the San Francisco Fire Department is summoned. Roberts confronts Simmons, who feigns innocence.ĭuring the dedication ceremony, chief of public relations Dan Bigelow turns on all the tower's lights, but Roberts orders them shut off to reduce the load on the electrical system. Upon learning this, Roberts sees the wiring is inadequate and suspects that Roger Simmons, the electrical subcontractor and Duncan's son-in-law, cut corners.
During testing, an electrical short starts an undetected fire on the 81st floor just after another such short occurs in the main utility room. The tower, 1,688 feet (515 m) tall and 138 stories, is the world's tallest building. Architect Doug Roberts returns to San Francisco for the dedication of the Glass Tower, which he designed for developer James Duncan.
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