Fire
hideFire is the rapid oxidation of a combustible material releasing heat, light, and various reaction products such as carbon dioxide and water. If hot enough, the gases may become ionized to produce plasma. Depending on the substances alight, and any impurities outside, the color of the flame and the fire's intensity might vary. Fire in its most common form can result in conflagration, which has the potential to cause physical damage through burning.
For more information about Fire, read the full article at
Wikipedia.
This text uses material from Wikipedia and is available under the GNU Free Documentation License.
News tagged with fire
Australia issues 'catastrophic' alerts as fires rage
18 hours ago |
4 / 5 (3) |
0
Australia has issued "catastrophic" alerts after record-breaking temperatures and wild lightning storms sparked more than 100 fires across the country, officials said Saturday.
Don't add an ER visit to your holiday plans
Nov 18, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- UNC emergency physician Abhi Mehrotra, M.D., explains how you can avoid the most common injuries that land people in a hospital emergency department during the four-day Thanksgiving holiday period.
Rapacious Rasberry ants march north
Nov 13, 2009 |
4.4 / 5 (10) |
10
Poor Texas. First it was killer bees, then fire ants. Now, it's the Rasberry ants.
A silo fire doesn't have to ruin all stored silage
Oct 27, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes, when harvest conditions are less than ideal, silage with lower-than-optimum moisture levels is put into a silo, potentially leading to excessive heating and a spontaneous-combustion ...
Navy Researchers Apply Science to Fire Fighting
Oct 23, 2009 |
not rated yet |
1
A fire aboard a Navy ship can quickly become a deadly cauldron. The grim reminders of this would be the deadly fires that took place aboard the USS Forrestal in 1967 or the USS Enterprise in 1969.
Sensing disasters from space
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 22, 2009 |
5 / 5 (3) |
0
One small step for mankind is now a leap for averting natural and man-made disasters on earth.
Electrosurgical devices, lasers cited as most common igniters of operating room fires
Oct 06, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
While operating room fires can occur in a variety of clinical settings, it is the use of lasers and electrosurgical devices that are most likely to cause them. Those are the findings in new research presented at the 2009 ...
Plants' response to fire tested
Sep 24, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
A team from the National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA) has developed a new method for identifying the flammability of plant species by using a device that measures how ...
New stove dramatically improves lung health in Mexican women
Sep 23, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Women in Central Mexico who used a vented stove instead of the traditional indoor open fire, experienced improved respiratory health on par with a pack-a-day smoker kicking the habit, according to a recent study.
Spacecraft Talk Continued During JPL Wildfire Threat
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 10, 2009 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
As the flames of the raging brush fire dubbed the Station Fire threatened the northern edge of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Saturday, Aug. 29, the managers of NASA's Deep Space Network prepared for ...
Fish-Killing Toxin Could Kill Cancer Cells
Sep 09, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
A powerful fish-killing toxin could have cancer-killing properties as well, according to collaborative research led by Agricultural Research Service microbiologist Paul V. Zimba and chemist Peter Moeller of ...
Parents warn of fire pit danger
Aug 10, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Chris and Lindsey Deems know firsthand how dangerous beach fire pits can be to children. Their daughter Delaney, 2, suffered second- and third-degree burns to her feet when she stepped into ...
Aussie koala that survived fires dies in surgery
Aug 06, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
(AP) -- Sam the koala, who gained worldwide fame and sympathy when she was rescued during Australia's devastating wildfires this year, was euthanized Thursday after a veterinarian found the cysts that threatened ...
Model predicts evolution of Mediterranean landscape following fires
Jul 30, 2009 |
4.5 / 5 (4) |
0
An international research team has developed a mathematical and cartographical model that make it possible to view how Mediterranean landscapes evolve in the aftermath of forest fires. In order to carry out ...
Car horns warn against natural disasters
Jul 20, 2009 |
3 / 5 (1) |
0
In the past, sirens howled to warn the population against floods, large fires or chemical accidents. Today, however, there is no extensive warning system in Germany, as most sirens were dismantled after the ...
