Fire whirls are typically found in wildfires, especially large and intense ones. In fact, California reported similar fire whirls from the Carr Fire in 2018 and the Loyalton Fire in 2020.

A swirling column of flames was captured on video. The "fire whirl" is circulating on social media. Los Angeles is battling powerful fires that have already destroyed over 12,000 hectares.

Watch: 'Incredibly Rare' Fire Whirl Forms Over Canadian Lake British Columbia’s fire service has released footage of a “fire whirl” spinning over a lake during an out-of-control wildfire.

Both these holocausts were caused by winds which whipped the fires into swirling columns called fire whirls, or vortexes. These whirls speed up the burning rate and spread fires by picking up ...

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The fire whirl was fuelled by intense heat and high winds surrounding a blaze in California. A burning car pushed into a gully sparked the state’s largest wildfire of the year, authorities said.