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.

Southern California is bracing for another round of strong, potentially dangerous Santa Ana winds just over a month after a ...

These clouds - dubbed "fire clouds" - can produce tornadoes and lightning ... of burned areas in the summer in northern and central California increased five times from 1996 to 2021 compared ...