"[We] just never knew when the fire was going to get away from us," recalls the director, who says the cast and crew bonded over working with live fire on the 1991 film and reveals Robert De Niro's ...

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

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 ...

An Arkansas woman and her baby escaped their home just before a frightening explosion was caught on camera. Firefighters were entering the home Wednesday night when a “backdraft” blew the insulation ...

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What with all the fires devouring so many thousands of acres of forest land, along with the cities they surround, it’s only natural that firefighters should attract our attention. So many movies and ...

Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Glazer dropped word of the potential new movie during a wide-ranging interview, but it’s still at an early stage. You can imagine, then, that he’s high on studios and ...

No one was hurt in the blaze that blew apart the house's attic. — -- A video has captured the terrifying moment when two firefighters were caught in a backdraft as they attempted to put out a ...

Backdraft is a 1991 American drama thriller film directed by Ron Howard and written by Gregory Widen. In March 2018, it was announced that Universal has tapped Spanish director Gonzalo López-Gallego ...

A backdraft involves deflagration or rapid combustion of hot pyrolysis products and flammable products of combustion upon mixing with air. Several conditions are necessary in order for a backdraft to ...