A California fire tornado was captured on video in Los Angeles today as the Palisades fire spread east at only 11 percent containment, and the state government issued new evacuation orders.

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 ...

Authorities are trying to determine whether it is a rare fire tornado or a 'fire whirl'. The Palisades Fire continues to burn, one among several wildfires that have destroyed over 40,000 acres in ...

A Jan. 9 Threads post (direct link, archive link) shows what appears to be two tornadoes moving through a burning rural landscape. “Did you know that Cali gets fire tornadoes?!” the post reads.

Recently-released footage now shows how a fire tornado has formed as flames edge ... LA County spokesman Jesus Ruiz said the latest blaze was a 'significant development' as firefighters rushed ...

Scientists are examining footage of a flaming vortex spotted amid the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles County, California on Friday. Authorities are trying to determine whether it is a rare fire tornado ...

The blaze looks similar to a twister. But Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UCLA, told USA TODAY that it instead appears to be an example of a fire whirl, which is “more akin to a dust devil than a ...

Fire tornadoes, or fire whirls, are "spinning, moving columns" of air that rise from a vortex, carrying smoke, debris and flames, according to the National Weather Service. Fire whirls have been ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Fire tornadoes, also known as fire whirls, fire devils, or firenadoes, are a rare and dangerous weather phenomenon that can occur during intense wildfires. These swirling columns ...

Above: A fire tornado in California in 2022 ... Firefighters have released footage of the blaze and the “firenado”, which reached a height of over 50ft. (Leicestershire Fire and Rescue ...

FOX 11 Los Angeles/YouTube A "fire tornado" was spotted among the flames ... 10, viewers were able to see swirling winds emanating from a hillside blaze. The natural occurrences, which the Library ...