A firefighter stepped into a backdraft on Christmas day in Louisiana. The St. John Volunteer Fire Department was called to a home with smoke coming from behind a fireplace. Two firefighters went to ...

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 ...

Ron Howard is heading back into the world of firefighters, but this time he’s bringing Glen Powell with him. While the Top Gun: Maverick star was once rumored to be circling a remake of Howard’s 1991 ...

At a somber afternoon news conference Wednesday, Buffalo Fire Commissioner William Renaldo delivered the news that many feared to learn and no one wanted to hear. "Today one of our firefighters made ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (KABC) -- Firefighters in Anaheim faced a frightening backdraft situation while battling a fire at a wedding planning business Monday morning. The blaze caused damage at Events by Adam ...

A team of scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology has been creating hundreds of controlled backdrafts. All the while, they’ve measured fuel load, temperatures, pressures, and ...

Firefighter Anthony Martinez rates depictions of fires and firefighting scenes in movies and TV shows. He judges the realism of the apartment-building fires portrayed in "Spider-Man," starring Tobey ...

Two firefighters were taken to a hospital after a small explosion while they were battling a fire on Wednesday morning in Minneapolis. The Minneapolis Fire Department was called to the 1800 block of ...