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A whirling vortex of smoke seen on camera as the "Park Fire" in California exploded Thursday looked just like a tornado, but scientists are investigating whether it was a rare fire tornado or just ...

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.

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.

Engineers have discovered a brand-new, bright-blue fire tornado that behaves unlike any flame ever before created. When a fire burns yellow, it's unclean. The warm colors are signs of an ...

This fire whirl was seen over Gun Lake in British Columbia. Fire whirls are created when there is a combination of high fire intensity, strong winds and air mass instability. Fire whirls are also ...

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Spin armament overhead and then punge it into the ground to summon a raging vortex of black flames. Hold to create an initial flame tornado while spinning the armament.

You’ve reached your account maximum for followed topics. Spin armament overhead and then plunge it into the ground to summon a raging vortex of black flames. Hold to create an initial flame ...