"[We] just never knew when the fire was going to get away from us," recalls the director, who says the cast and crew bonded over working with live fire on the 1991 film and reveals Robert De Niro's ...

NEW YORK CITY -- Harrowing moments captured on camera Thursday as a backdraft caused a 5-alarm New York City fire to unexpectedly explode. Firefighters were knocked off their feet when flames and ...

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The backdraft that blew apart a Sycamore, Illinois church earlier this month has been named the largest backdraft ever documented in the U.S., local fire and ATF officials said. Feb. 27, 2004 The ...

Aug. 01--Four firefighters were burned in a backdraft that erupted during a blaze Sunday afternoon at a West Side residential building. The fire, in the 4900 block of West Potomac Avenue in the city's ...