Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. File An unknown person tried to "purposefully" start a forest fire over the weekend in Chaffee County by using an accelerant to ...

Authorities probing a fire that killed dozens at a Swiss ski-resort bar say it appears to be a textbook case of what fire experts call a flashover. Investigators in Crans-Montana believe flames at Le ...

Researchers conducted room burn comparisons to better understand how country-specific fire codes in the U.S., France and the United Kingdom affect the fire safety of home furnishings and their ...

It is the phenomenon every firefighter worries about. Flashovers happen when hot smoke fills a room and causes everything to suddenly combust. If someone is caught in it, with or without protective ...

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 ...