In my first article on this topic, “The Art of “Reading Fire,” I discussed a new mnemonic for fire behavior indicators, B-SAHF, which stands for Smoke, Air, Heat and Flame, all in the context of ...

Backdrafts in your home can potentially expose you to carbon monoxide poisoning. Here's how to protect yourself.

Greg Gorbett spends unmeasured hours building scale-model rooms, complete with furniture and fixtures. He then judiciously stacks wood cribbing inside and burns his creations. More often than not, he ...

On Feb. 22, 2004, a fast-moving fire destroyed a 40,000-square-foot building that contained three businesses in Middletown, OH. Two firefighters barely escaped from the interior before a backdraft ...

Backdraft Racing (BDR) is a relative newcomer to the Cobra replica arena. Though the company was officially founded in January 2002, development of the Roadster replica, the Mark I, began in December ...

NEW YORK CITY -- Harrowing moments captured on camera Thursday as a backdraft caused a 5-alarm New York City fire to unexpectedly explode. Firefighters were knocked off their feet when flames and ...

Name it, and Greg Hudnet has recovered from it. Broken ribs, a ruptured disc, pinched nerve, serious burns, a shredded knee and one quadruple bypass surgery. And he got blown out of a building ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Investigators are now looking into the situation that turned from controlled to chaos in a matter of seconds, with the Buffalo Fire commissioner pointing to a backdraft as the possible ...

Five firefighters were hurt when the backdraft from a six-alarm blaze set off a massive explosion at a New Jersey building Sunday afternoon, authorities said. The injuries were not considered ...

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 ...

Fierce winds gusting up to 45 mph caused a backdraft in the basement of a Boston brownstone, trapping and killing two firefighters tackling a nine-alarm blaze on Wednesday. Indications are that the ...