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

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 ...

The eerie fire whirl spotted spinning as the Palisades Fire swept through Los Angeles neighborhoods Friday night was a “firenado,” a common yet chilling phenomenon. These flaming twisters ...

Extraordinary phenomena accompany this catastrophe. A swirling column of flames was captured on video, and this "fire whirl" is circulating on social media. The city is battling powerful fires ...

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 ...

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 wildfires when ...

LOS ANGELES – An eerie fire whirl was spotted spinning amid the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles on Friday night. Sometimes referred to as 'firenados', fire whirls are spinning columns of hot air ...