A flashover is an event where an entire room is rapidly engulfed in flames. By John Yoon The cause of the fire that left dozens dead at a bar in Switzerland in the early hours of Thursday is still ...

The fatal fire that engulfed a Swiss bar on New Year's Eve would likely have killed even a firefighter in full protective gear — let alone the hundreds of young people freely celebrating inside. At ...

A New Year’s Eve celebration at an upscale Swiss ski resort ended in catastrophe this week when a fire tore through a packed bar, leaving at least 40 people dead and injuring approximately 115 others.

Swiss authorities have said that a deadly fire at a ski resort bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, rapidly developed into a “flashover” – a dangerous phenomenon in which everything in a room ignites ...