Following is the text of the video. This is a "firenado," or fire tornado. It formed out of wildfires in Arganil, Portugal. Firenados are swirling columns of fire, but they aren't really tornados.

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 ...

"Fire tornadoes in California," says a January 11, 2025 post on X from "Sprinter Observer," an anonymous account that has repeatedly spread disinformation under various aliases.

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.

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.

In less than a year, a powerful tornado tore through their home, a BioLab plant explosion forced them into lockdown and a devastating fire left much of their house in ruins.

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. The National ...