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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo showing the bar where a fire broke out during New Year's Eve celebrations in the Alpine ski resort town of Crans-Montana, ...

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(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 ...