Abstract: One of the primary threats to the reliable operation of power systems is the phenomenon of pollution flashover on insulators. Due to the intricate nature of the pollution flashover mechanism ...

Gina Russo was watching a gig with her husband-to-be, Fred Crisostomi, one night in 2003 when she realised something wasn't right. Great White, an 80s hair-rock band, had opened their set with a ...

Abstract: Lightning flashover criteria of insulators and air gaps are the basis of the external insulation design for transmission lines. However, the mechanisms of long air-gap discharges remain ...

Journal Editorial Report: The year's worst from Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson, Mary O'Grady, Dan Henninger and Paul Gigot. Photo: Laura Brett/Zuma Press In the early hours of New Year’s Day, fire tore ...

Fire likely ignited by sparklers attached to champagne bottles, prosecutor says At least 40 killed, 119 injured, some still fighting for their lives Video verified by Reuters shows young man trying to ...

The New Year’s Day inferno that ripped through a crowded bar in southern Switzerland, killing at least 40 people and injuring 119, spread so rapidly because of what is known as a flashover, local ...

Authorities say the deadly fire at a ski resort bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, rapidly developed into a “flashover,” a dangerous phenomenon in which everything in a room ignites almost ...

At least 40 people died and 119 others were injured as a result of the New Year's Day fire New footage has emerged that shows the moment a fatal fire broke out at a Swiss ski resort, which officials ...

An official said the sparklers were attached to bottles of champagne held too close to the ceiling. Forty people died and more than 100 were injured. Many of the victims were teenagers. Ségolène Le ...

A haunting new photo captured the moment lit sparklers attached to champagne bottles ignited the ceiling at the Le Constellation nightclub in Switzerland — as officials have now confirmed the flares ...