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 ...

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.

A terrifying video has emerged showing a tornado-like spinning fire vortex, dubbed a "firenado," sweeping through the Pacific Palisades area during the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires. The chilling ...

The National Wildfire Coordinating Group's glossary of wildland fire terms doesn't include an entry for fire tornado, but it defines a fire whirl as a "spinning vortex column of ascending hot air ...

Fire tornadoes were spotted as the Palisades fire ... it can rise rapidly and start to spin into a narrow vortex. As more hot air gets drawn in around the base of the vortex, wind speeds ...

Firefighters in California are facing a rare and dangerous phenomenon as wildfires create swirling fire tornadoes. The combination of high winds and severely dry conditions have created a ...

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.