闪燃 (shǎnrán): flashover (firefighting term)

Meanings

1 flashover (firefighting term)
2 sudden ignition of all combustibles in a confined space

Characters

闪

Examples

消防员必须警惕闪燃的发生。

Xiāofángyuán bìxū jǐngtì shǎnrán de fāshēng.

Firefighters must be alert to the occurrence of flashover.

室内温度过高极易引发闪燃。

Shìnèi wēndù guò gāo jí yì yǐnfā shǎnrán.

Excessively high indoor temperatures can easily trigger a flashover.

Tips

memory

Read literally: 闪 (flash, instant) + 燃 (burn). A flashover happens when an entire room reaches ignition temperature simultaneously — everything 'flash-burns' at once.

Stroke Order

闪 shǎn

燃 rán

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