Milo Ventimiglia talks “This Is Us” and how he’s using Jack’s death to spotlight fire safety

After two years of anxious anticipation, last month, “This is Us” fans finally learned how beloved TV dad Jack Pearson passes away: He dies because of a fire. However, as is typical of “This Is Us,” the circumstances around that fire are far more nuanced than fire deaths we’ve seen onscreen in the past.
For starters, Jack makes it out of the fire alive. After heroically rounding up Kate and Randall from their bedrooms, he gets the kids and his wife out onto the roof