Recently-released footage now shows how a fire tornado has formed as flames edge closer into the city's San Fernando Valley. A fire tornado is a rare phenomenon that occurs when a fire and ...

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 tornado ...

As if they aren’t already facing enough, firefighters in California also could encounter fire tornadoes — a rare but dangerous phenomenon in which wildfires create their own weather. The National ...

Fire tornadoes were spotted as the Palisades fire blazed through the San Fernando Valley in California on 10 January 2025. Winds peaked at over 70mph (112km/h) in a few spots on Friday however the ...

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 ...

As if they aren’t already facing enough, firefighters in California also could encounter fire ... debris and flame,” and says large whirls “have the intensity of a small tornado”.

California fire tornados formed as strong winds whipped up flames in the Pacific Palisades wildfires. The tornado was spotted on Friday night (10 January) as the wildfires blazed through the San ...