Usually means: Sudden combustion from oxygen influx.
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  2. backdraft: Collins English Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (backdraft)

noun:  (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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