The term "flashover" is often used in connection with serious fires. The Valais authorities assume that such an event could also have occurred in Crans-Montana VS. But what exactly does that mean?

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 ...

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.

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 ...

If you're an engineer developing a device to predict a flashover, you've got to know if the device is going to work in deadly conditions. Last week, engineers and graduate students at Worcester ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Portland Fire & Rescue crews experienced a “flashover” event while working to contain a fire in southeast Portland on Wednesday morning. Crews responded to a fire at a house ...

Several weeks ago, I happened to be out at a fire department training center as the department trained with thermal imagers. The only training they planned to conduct was to get the flashover ...