Ring of Fire is a 1961 Metrocolor drama film directed by Andrew L. Stone and starring David Janssen, Joyce Taylor and Frank Gorshin.

The film was shot in Vernonia, Oregon and Wynoochee River, Washington, featuring footage from two real forest fires.

Deputy sheriff Steve Walsh and his partner encounter a trio of young people in Washington between Shelton and Aberdeen.

After being taken hostage when the girl, Bobbie, produces a gun, the two deputies are forced by their captors into rural Mason County forests as the group flees an ever-growing search party.

Before the matter can be resolved, all realize that Frank's carelessly tossed cigarette has set the forest ablaze, threatening the town.