Extraordinary phenomena accompany this catastrophe. A swirling column of flames was captured on video, and this "fire whirl" is circulating on social media. The city is battling powerful fires ...

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 ...

British Columbia’s fire service has released footage of a “fire whirl” spinning over a lake during an out-of-control wildfire. Strong winds, high fire intensity and air mass instability led ...

The York fire started on 28 July in California and has now expanded towards Nevada. The Mojave National Preserve reports that less than 30% of the fire has been contained. The Senator took digs at ...

Because these fires will begin to move at a pace that makes it hard to predict, one or more of the following criteria is needed to make this alert: Presence of fire whirls ...