When intense wildfires take place, they sometimes spawn a rare weather event known as a fire tornado. Fire tornados, also known as fire vortices or fire whirls, are not tornadoes in the true sense.

"Fire tornado" is the latest entrant on 2020's list of new, scary and destructive things. The "extreme fire activity," brought on by conditions in the ongoing Loyalton Fire in Northern California ...

Hours after the massive Lake fire exploded in the Angeles National Forest near the 5 Freeway on Wednesday, the blaze exhibited extreme and alarming behavior, at one point forming a tornado-like ...

A massive wildfire in Northern California spawned rotating columns of flames Saturday, prompting forecasters to issue a rare fire-related tornado warning. “It was a first for us,” said Shane ...

The National Weather Service shared a terrifying video on Wednesday of a fire tornado forming over a Northern California wildfire near Mount Shasta. Firenados, or fire whirls, occur in extreme ...

California’s largest wildfire spawned a fire tornado in Plumas County, captured in this 5-minute video by Press Democrat photojournalist Kent Porter. Press Democrat photojournalist Kent Porter ...

and flame – also referred to as a fire tornado in some cases. “These fire whirls are similar to dust devils but are specifically associated with the heat and energy released by a wildfire ...

A fire whirl spawned by the Carr Fire generated wind speeds of up to 143 mph – the equivalent to an EF-3 tornado – causing a wave of destruction. The National Weather Service and Cal Fire’s ...

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The National Weather Service in Medford, Oregon, shared a terrifying video of a recent fire tornado forming over a Northern California wildfire near Mount Shasta, California.Firenados, or fire ...

The National Weather Service in Medford, Oregon, shared a terrifying video of a recent fire tornado forming over a Northern California wildfire near Mount Shasta, California.Firenados, or fire ...