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 was involved in the 2003 nightclub fire in Rhode Island that killed 100 people, a disaster that Mr. Kerber said ...

The deadly Swiss bar fire may have spread quickly, hiking temperatures up to 1,000 degrees in a matter of seconds.

It goes without saying: Firefighting is dangerous work. Responding, for example, to a compartment fire, firefighters are faced with dynamic, rapidly changing conditions that present a significant ...

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Fire rapidly engulfed the Constellation bar at the Crans-Montana resort, triggering at least one explosion, officials said.

Don't panic. The smoke billowing into the July afternoon sky behind Green Fire Station #1 is a drill, according to the Green Fire Department. Instructors from the Ohio Fire Academy are leading crews ...

Today’s firefighters are experiencing an old danger that has come full circle to affect everyone. Flashovers are becoming a more common problem due to many factors. Why are we seeing more and more of ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — In recent years, the time residents have to escape a fire in their home and the time firefighters have to respond and get it under control has decreased, according to ...