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BACKDRAFT - A backdraft is a dramatic event caused by a fire, resulting from rapid re-introduction of oxygen to combustion in an oxygen-depleted environment; for...
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| Firefighting danger |
| 1991 Ron Howard film |
| 1991 Robert De Niro film |
| 1991 film whose central characters use Engine 17 |
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| (Dennis Leary delivers the clue.) Firefighters have to deal with this dangerous phenomenon that can happen when super-heated gases are fed with oxygen |
| An explosive surge in a fire produced by the sudden inrush of oxygen mixing with superheated gases |
| This hot Universal Studios attraction based on Ron Howard's film recreates a warehouse fire |
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| An extreme fire behavior phenomena involving ignition of products of combustion (such as carbon monoxide) and pyrolysis products upon introduction of oxygen to a compartment. In this phenomena the fuel generally is at a high temperature (above 600 degrees C), but combustion is limited by a lack of oxygen. Introduction of atmospheric oxygen results in explosive combustion. |
| A current of air or water that flows backwards down a chimney, pipe, etc. |
| A phenomenon in which a fire that has consumed all available oxygen suddenly explodes when more oxygen is made available, typically because a door or window has been opened. |
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| A backdraft is a dramatic event caused by a fire, resulting from rapid re-introduction of oxygen to combustion in an oxygen-depleted environment; for example, the breaking of a window or opening of a door to an enclosed space. Backdrafts present a serious threat to firefighters. There is some controversy concerning whether backdrafts should be considered a type of flashover (see below).* |