What is a flashover? How deadly Swiss bar fire may have spread so quickly

The deadly Swiss bar fire may have spread quickly, hiking temperatures up to 1,000 degrees in a matter of seconds.

It’s Likely That a Flashover Occurred During the Swiss Bar Fire. Here’s What That Means.

A flashover was involved in the 2003 nightclub fire in Rhode Island that killed 100 people, a disaster that Mr. Kerber said ...

A flashover made the Swiss blaze so deadly, authorities say. What is it?

The New Year’s Day inferno that ripped through a crowded bar in southern Switzerland, killing at least 40 people and injuring 119, spread so rapidly because of what is known as a flashover, local ...

The Swiss ski resort blaze quickly developed into a 'flashover,' authorities say. Here's what that means

Swiss authorities have said that a deadly fire at a ski resort bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, rapidly developed into a ...

Flashover: Dozens of people died in a fire in the Valais resort, about a hundred in hospitals

EADaily, January 1st, 2026. Several dozen people died in a fire at the Le Constellation bar in the Valais ski resort in Crans-Montana on New Year's Eve, more than a hundred were injured, most of them ...
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The Swiss ski resort blaze quickly developed into a ‘flashover,’ authorities say. Here’s what that means

Photo showing the bar where a fire broke out during New Year's Eve celebrations in the Alpine ski resort town of Crans-Montana, taken on Friday. - Maxime Schmid/AFP/Getty Images Swiss authorities have ...
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The Swiss ski resort blaze quickly developed into a ‘flashover,’ authorities say. Here’s what that means

(CNN) — 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 ...