LOS ANGELES (WPRI) — Check out this video of what is a “fire whirl” or as many often refer to it, “fire tornado.” This phenomenon actually is not a tornado and occurs during large ...

The National Weather Service's warning about the “particularly dangerous situation” in which any new fire could explode in size in the Los Angeles area didn’t mention fire tornadoes ...

Video footage from Friday shows a rotating inferno surrounded by smoke in the Pacific Palisades fire that has devastated the LA area.

(WKRG) – During the devastating wildfires impacting several areas in Los Angeles, California, video taken by KTLA from the Palisades fires shows fire tornadoes or fire whirls forming. While they ...

Fire tornadoes, also known as fire whirls, fire devils ... windy conditions where large wildfires burn through areas with plenty of fuel, like forests or grasslands. Scientists are studying ...

Check out this video of what is a “fire whirl” or as many often refer to it, “fire tornado.” This phenomenon actually is not a tornado and occurs during large wildfires when rising hot air combines ...

Swain said whirls are far more common and happen during most large wildfires. They're also much less dangerous than full-fledged fire tornadoes, which can leave a trail of destruction in their wake.

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.

Fire whirls are typically found in wildfires, especially large and intense ones. In fact, California reported similar fire whirls from the Carr Fire in 2018 and the Loyalton Fire in 2020.