There was no severe weather in sight, but the intense heat from the Park Fire created its own weather system — a swirling menace of a vortex that was a surreal mix of wind, smoke and flames.

The devastating Park Fire wildfire ripping across California seems to have fueled at least one fire tornado, also known as a fire vortex ... entire fire weather systems, including pyrocumulonimbus ...

The wildfire spawned a fire vortex with winds as high as 140 mph and temperatures up to 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit. The clouds of smoke that wildfires can produce may also serve to cool the ...

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 a ...

FORESTHILL, Calif. (KRON) — Atmospheric scientists and wildfire experts watched in awe as the Mosquito Fire exploded in size and formed a rotating, billowing pyrocumulus cloud over Placer County ...

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 ...

In practice, firefighters would aim the business end of a handheld cannon at a fire, and launch these ‘ionic wind’ vortex rings to put it out. That would reduce the expense, cleanup ...

After the flames crossed Arizona 92 in the Three Canyons area, the fire got caught in a dust devil and a towering vortex of flame formed, said Gandara, whose home is not under an evacuation order.

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 ...