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2. Backdraft - Wikipedia

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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 ...

3. Vertical draft - Wikipedia

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   The term "downdraft" can also refer to a type of backdraft which occurs through chimneys which have fireplaces on the lowermost levels (such as basements) of multi-level buildings. It involves cold air coming down the chimney due to low air pressure, and makes it hard to light fires, and can push soot and carbon monoxide into domiciles.

4. Backblast area - Wikipedia

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   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.

5. ClipGrab - Wikipedia

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   In addition to this, the software provides a heuristic which can also download videos from sites that are not officially supported. When available, ClipGrab offers different quality options for a video. With this feature, the user can choose between downloading a high definition, standard definition or low definition version of the video ...

6. Numerous drone sightings in New Jersey don't pose safety ...

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   Dozens of drones have been spotted across New Jersey in recent weeks, including near sensitive sites such as a military research facility, which can be frustrating but don’t appear to pose a ...

7. Bob Costas retires as MLB play-by-play voice after 44-year ...

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   Costas, 72, called MLB games for 44 years, the vast majority of that with NBC. He started there in 1980 and over the years provides play-by-play for three World Series and 10 championship series.

8. Gregory Widen - Wikipedia

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   Widen worked as a firefighter for three years while still an undergraduate at UCLA. He witnessed a person being killed by an explosive backdraft, which became the basis for the screenplay he wrote for the movie Backdraft, directed by Ron Howard and starring Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Donald Sutherland, Robert De Niro.

9. Hershey’s stock explodes higher on report Mondelez offered to ...

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   Mondelez, the maker of Oreo and Cadbury, is reportedly exploring an offer to buy rival Hershey Company to potentially create one of the world’s largest candy companies.