In Ron Howard's "Backdraft," Chicago Fire Department firefighters (and siblings) Stephen (Kurt Russell) and Brian (William Baldwin) McCaffrey share a complicated relationship. Stephen thinks that his ...

A firefighter stepped into a backdraft on Christmas day in Louisiana. The St. John Volunteer Fire Department was called to a home with smoke coming from behind a fireplace. Two firefighters went to ...

You can imagine, then, that he’s high on studios and production companies’ list of people to work with, and that includes Brian Grazer. The veteran producer, a business partner of Ron Howard, who has ...

To learn how firefighters could anticipate deadly backdraft events in the field, NIST researchers conducted hundreds of fire experiments while taking a plethora of measurements. Many of these tests ...

A fire lieutenant was burned early today when he was caught in a backdraft explosion on the second floor of a house next to one that was already burning. ALBANY -- A fire lieutenant was burned early ...

Buffalo Fire commissioner explains backdraft in Main Street fire Commissioner William Rinaldo says a backdraft is a very rare occurrence.