Even dressed in professional gear, surviving this phenomenon is highly improbable due to the high temperatures, speed, and because there is no safe place left inside. A flashover, a thermal bomb with ...

When a flame in a room is not quickly put out, hot gases rise to the ceiling and spread heat throughout the space, fire experts say.

Swiss authorities have said that a deadly fire at a ski resort bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, rapidly developed into a “flashover” – a dangerous phenomenon in which everything in a room ignites ...

(CNN) — Swiss authorities have said that a deadly fire at a ski resort bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, rapidly developed into a “flashover” – a dangerous phenomenon in which everything in a room ...

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 ...