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A Backdraft Explosion Levels A 2-Story Building
Raw footage: A backdraft explosion levels a two story building . Firefighters were toned out at 5 AM for a fully involved structure fire just off the square in Paris, Texas. The fire extended to the southern exposure on Bohnam street, a two story brick building with businesses downstairs and loft apartments upstairs. Watch the windows break and the glass fall inside the building. The telephone pol More..
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"Hooollllyyyy COW!" LOL!
Posted Jul-1-2008 by "cirvine11" (R)
That made the demolition simpler!
Posted Jul-1-2008 by "ChockFullOfNuts" (R)
Firefighters have my full respect with their jobs and vids like this show why.
Posted Jul-1-2008 by "barnesy" Premium
Wow...that was insane.
Posted Jul-1-2008 by "Spitkicker" (R)
That does not appear to be a backdraft. Backdraft are not typically associated with large amounts of flames as we see in this video. Backdrafts are also referred to as Smoke Explosions. But the video still ROCKS!!!
Posted Jul-1-2008 by "Rsuarez" (R)
Was it a backdraft or did the place simply collapse?
Posted Jul-1-2008 by "grayokc" (R)
damn nice vid......that was wild
Posted Jul-1-2008 by "keithgeorge1" (R)
if that was a cow it know turned into a hamburger
Posted Jul-1-2008 by "Keyboard_Warrior" (R)
wood burns to...ash and...crumbles!
Posted Jul-1-2008 by "RATAPLAN" (B)
jesus!! amazed there wern't more casualties
Posted Jul-1-2008 by "Ketface" (B)
"Holy Shit" lol, great video but not a backdraft,backdrafts don't occur when there is that much fire.
Posted Jul-1-2008 by "madmax56" (R)
Yep, more likely an LP storage tank B.L.E.V.E. (boiling liquid evaporating vapor explosion)
That building was venting way too well to store enough pressure to backdraft or flashover.
Posted Jul-1-2008 by "Buddude197" (R)
It wasnt an explosion, the building colapsed. If it where an explosion you would see a fireball come up out of the building. The fire you saw come out of the windows was all the gas displaced by the falling roof.
Posted Jul-1-2008 by "johndeerrm" (R)
Not a backdraft. Backdrafts occur when a fire is oxygen-starved and then oxygen is reintroduced to the fire causing a massive flare up.
This looks more like a flashover. A flashover occurs when everything that is combustible reaches a very high temperature (generally around 1000 degrees F). At that temperature, the heated components create a flammable gas and BOOM. This could simply be some highly combustible material exploding inside the building, too. Either way, it's a good vid.
Posted Jul-1-2008 by "Reroge" (R)
Heilige Kuh!
Posted Jul-1-2008 by "unschlagbar" (R)