KOIN 6 Meteorologist Josh Cozart captures rare 'fire whirl' spinning in California's wildfires form KTLA helicopter feed Friday, January 10, 2025. Jack Flaherty won’t return to the Dodgers after ...

Fire whirl, fire devil, fire tornado or even firenado — scientists, firefighters and regular folks use multiple terms to describe similar phenomena, and they don’t always agree on what’s what.

Another significant study focused on the formation of blue whirls, a specific type of fire whirl characterized by a blue flame. This research demonstrated that a stable blue whirl can form under ...

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 BBC's Analysis ...

The firenado emerged on Friday night and was captured on camera, with the footage going viral on social media.

You can see it happen here: Once the injected fuel was cut off, the flame died out. The researchers do not yet fully understand the fluid dynamics of the new blue whirl, but they write that it's ...