A fire tornado is a real thing, and it can happen when there is a raging wildfire near a mountain. "Firenado" began trending Saturday night, after the National Weather Service in Reno, Nevada ...

Laurel County Fire Major Roger Leslie Leatherman devoted his career to protecting others. He died doing precisely that while shielding his wife from the powerful tornado that ravaged their ...

(FOX 56) — On Monday morning, the Laurel County Fire Department (LCFD) shared more details surrounding the death of Major Leslie Leatherman amid the southeast Kentucky tornado outbreak.

Above: A fire tornado in California in 2022. As if they aren’t already facing enough, firefighters in California also could encounter fire tornadoes — a rare but dangerous phenomenon in which ...

The spinning blaze was about as intense as an EF-3 tornado, and it sent meteorologists scrambling to try and understand whether it was an oddly strong fire whirl—more akin to a dust devil—or a ...

YES, YES, SHE WAS GREAT. WELL, MANY FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE BEEN HELPING PEOPLE ACROSS TOWN WHILE PROCESSING THEIR OWN LOSS, ESPECIALLY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, KCCI OPHELIA JACOBSON JOINS US WITH THEIR ...

The National Weather Service deemed that a tornado blew the roof off a Butler County building during strong storms on Wednesday. The Unionville Fire Department posted a video of the powerful storm ...

There’s just one siren in Pavilion Township, at the fire department in Scotts, according to an unofficial map. That’s about 5 miles from the trailer park. In light of the 2024 tornado ...

tornado. At approximately 11:47 p.m Friday, a fire alarm went off near Leatherman’s home. He responded to the scene, letting his department know that he was en route via a private radio channel. “ ...

Ten members of the Owensboro Fire Department’s Technical Rescue Team were deployed early Friday morning to assist with search and rescue efforts in London, Kentucky, following a devastating tornado ...

LAUREL COUNTY, Kentucky (WLKY) — A fire major was killed in the line of duty during a tornado in Laurel County. Now, his fire department says he was shielding his wife from harm when he died ...