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 ...

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 ...

A campaigner and a former colleague of a firefighter who died during a blaze 30 years ago have said she has left a "lasting legacy". Fleur Lombard, 21, who started her career as a firefighter in ...

Fleur Lombard, who died 30 years ago, was described as bubbly and outgoing A campaigner and a former colleague of a firefighter who died during a blaze 30 years ago have said she has left a "lasting ...

Abstract: During our vacuum surface flashover experiments, it was observed that electrode luminescence significantly reduces the flashover voltage, which was captured by an Intensified Charge-Coupled ...

Abstract: The vacuum surface flashover along alumina ceramic shell limits the development of vacuum interrupter towards high voltage level. The material migration during the vacuum surface flashover ...