Flashover training is essential for firefighters. Although this type of training used to be rare, it has become more and more commonplace as the cost of the flashover prop has dropped and departments ...

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, ...

A flashover at a house fire Tuesday left three Cranston firefighters injured. Cranston Assistant Fire Chief James ...

JACKSON, MI - The temperature rose to about 1,100 degrees in a dark, enclosed compartment. Even in breathing masks and special turnout gear, firefighters exposed to such heat could survive for only ...

The Winnipeg fire department has identified two veteran captains killed in a fierce blaze, while a third firefighter remains in critical condition. Capt. Tom Nichols, 57, and Capt. Harold Lessard, 55, ...

TORII STATION, Okinawa, Japan – U.S. Army Garrison leadership joined Torii Station firefighters in a controlled burn exercise on March 17, 2025, to experience firsthand the signs and dangers of a ...

BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Two firefighters are recovering after they were hurt while battling a fire inside a Brunswick house Saturday night, according to Glynn County Fire Rescue. Around 7:45 p.m., a crew ...

It’s the firefighter’s nightmare — a flashover, a fire involving heat so intense that everything in a room, including anyone in it, ignites at the same time. Last week more than 85 Menlo Park Fire ...

(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 ...