Lareau and his colleague Meghan Collins of DRI will identify common factors contributing to the fire-generated tornados using satellite and weather radar and combine it with crowd-sourced ashfall data ...

In recent years, terrifying weather combinations have become more prominent in these wildfires, such as fire-induced thunderstorms and tornadoes ... The duo launched a new citizen science project, ...

William Gurstelle, the master of DIY science experiments ... The first is the fire tornado. That's an amazing project. I really, really love the fire tornado. I also think the flame tube ...

Some of you might think that in order to carry out truly interesting science experiments ... you can make yourself some fire tornadoes. The part of the project that will require the most work ...

But here we are.” Lareau, who is currently working on a National Science Foundation funded project focused on fire-generated tornadoes, said studying these kinds of events is increasing in ...

The Slow Mo Guys recently posted their rainbow fire tornado, which dovetails two previous pyrotechnic projects ... While the science is cool, the fiery rainbow tornado itself looks genuinely ...

As if they aren’t already facing enough, firefighters in California also could encounter fire tornadoes — a rare but dangerous phenomenon in which wildfires create their own weather.

Fire tornadoes, also known as firenadoes, are among the rarest and most terrifying weather phenomena on Earth, combining intense heat, powerful winds, and rapidly rising flames into a spinning ...

A spinning fire vortex spotted on video Friday among the flames in a raging Pacific Palisades wildfire looks similar to a tornado, but scientists are still examining whether it was a rare fire ...