Experts explain how flashover and backdraft can turn an enclosed fire into a deadly explosion within seconds following the Na ...

A video analysis of an explosive pub fire in Thailand, which killed 27 people, appears to show a flashover "point of no return" that would have made evacuation nearly impossible, an expert says.

A Williamstown volunteer firefighter is recovering after being caught in a ceiling collapse and flashover at a fire that broke out on Humes Ridge Road Tuesday evening.Matt Combs is seen on the body ...

The fatal fire that engulfed a Swiss bar on New Year's Eve would likely have killed even a firefighter in full protective gear — let alone the hundreds of young people freely celebrating inside. At ...

The New Year’s Day inferno that ripped through a crowded bar in southern Switzerland, killing at least 40 people and injuring 119, spread so rapidly because of what is known as a flashover, local ...

A flashover is an event where an entire room is rapidly engulfed in flames. By John Yoon The cause of the fire that left dozens dead at a bar in Switzerland in the early hours of Thursday is still ...

A Houston firefighter, injured in a flashover last month, was met with applause as he walked out of the hospital. Capt. Edward Escamilla was one of three firefighters trapped inside an apartment while ...

The term "flashover" is often used in connection with serious fires. The Valais authorities assume that such an event could also have occurred in Crans-Montana VS. But what exactly does that mean? A ...

A firefighter battling a fire that left two people badly injured was also hurt when a flashover occurred inside a Hollywood home Wednesday morning. Crews responding to reports of smoke in the 1300 ...