Usually means: Sudden ignition of accumulated combustible gases.
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noun:  (firefighting, chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of backdraft [(American spelling, firefighting) Sudden, dangerous recombustion that occurs when there is a rapid reintroduction of oxygen to an enclosed space containing a fire.]

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