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flashover

Small fire that erupts suddenly into a much larger one. It can occur if there is sufficient build up of heat from a small fire to ignite the mixture of gas and smoke produced. This increases temperatures further igniting surroundings. Flashovers can occur extremely rapidly with temperatures of 1,100°C being reached in seconds.



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