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A backdraft (North American English), backdraught (British English) [1] or smoke explosion is the abrupt burning of superheated gases in a fire caused when oxygen rapidly enters a hot, oxygen-depleted environment; for example, when a window or door to an enclosed space is opened or broken. Backdrafts are typically seen as a blast of smoke and ...
Lab demonstration with burning lycopodium powder. A dust explosion is the rapid combustion of fine particles suspended in the air within an enclosed location. Dust explosions can occur where any dispersed powdered combustible material is present in high-enough concentrations in the atmosphere or other oxidizing gaseous medium, such as pure oxygen.
Daniil Orain (born July 2000) is a Russian journalist known for his YouTube channel "1420 by Daniil Orain" in which he interviewed Russians in the street who agreed to comment on various political topics, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Scientists at San Jose State University say that a large fire that burned at a battery plant in Monterrey County, California earlier this month has left heightened levels of heavy metals in a ...
The backblast area is dangerous to ground personnel, [2] who may be burned by the gases or exposed to overpressure caused by the explosion. [3] In confined spaces, common in urban warfare , even the operators themselves may be at risk due to deflection of backblast by walls or sturdier civilian vehicles behind them.
Skimming scams have continued to be on the rise, according to data analytics firm FICO, which noted a 96% increase in such scams in 2023.According to the FBI, skimming scams cost consumers upwards ...
RJ Luis Jr. had 23 points and 14 rebounds to help No. 9 St. John’s strengthen its grip on first place in the Big East with a 79-73 victory over No. 24 Creighton on Sunday. The Red Storm (22-4 ...
Kim Kardashian’s eight-year-old-son Saint West’s YouTube channel being deleted after he shared a couple of anti-Kamala Harris videos. [174] Kardashian had originally allowed her son to start his own YouTube channel in September after he signed an “extensive contract.” [175]