A backdraft involves deflagration or rapid combustion of hot pyrolysis products and flammable products of combustion upon mixing with air. Several conditions are necessary in order for a backdraft to ...

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (WCMH) – Dramatic footage released by a Florida fire department shows the moment a backdraft injured two firefighters. The fire happened Monday morning in a West Palm Beach ...

No one was hurt in the blaze that blew apart the house's attic. — -- A video has captured the terrifying moment when two firefighters were caught in a backdraft as they attempted to put out a ...

An Arkansas woman and her baby escaped their home just before a frightening explosion was caught on camera. Firefighters were entering the home Wednesday night when a “backdraft” blew the insulation ...

Our Flick of the Week is ”Backdraft,” which is a better film about fire than firemen. The fire sequences are easily the best ever, but the storyline about quarreling Chicago firemen brothers battling ...