As depicted in a 1991 Hollywood thriller, a backdraft is a serious matter if a fire ever breaks out inside a building. Fire needs oxygen to burn and actually sucks air toward it, creating a windstorm ...

All three components of the fire triangle – fuel, heat and oxygen – must be present to have fire. A fire will burn until one or more of the three components are removed – the basis of traditional fire ...

Knowing the signs of flashover and backdraft will protect you and your crews against unnecessary injury and death. A user on Quora recently asked, “What are some signs of a backdraft and how can we ...