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A flashover is when the smoke in a burning room radiates so much heat to the rest of the stuff in the room that the whole room just brusts into flames. After the flashover has occurred, the room keeps burning and gets very very hot. Flames come out the windows and doors. The fire gets very difficult to control.

The temperature of the smokey gases at the time the flashover occurs is about 600 degrees cellseis. This is extremely hot but the room gets even hotter after the flashover. The temperature in the room could double or even triple in minutes.

A flashover can occur about 3 minutes after a fire starts in a room. That is another reason why it is so important that you get out of the building that is on fire very quickly.

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