Since Jan. 7, at least 28 people have been killed in the wildfires that raged burning 57,403 ... of a hurricane and fire in the United States." A video of a fire tornado in California is not ...

A fire tornado, also called a firenado, results from a wildfire burning particularly hot during strong winds, which can swirl the flames into a phenomenon that resembles a tornado of flame.

But in the span of less than a year, a powerful tornado tore through ... Chris lit his brick wood-burning fireplace, brewed some coffee and sat by the fire around 8:15 a.m. Then he saw an ember ...

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 tornado” and is less severe. “These spin up briefly along the flaming front of ...

this fire was burning right up to the main street of town. “It came in fast and furious out of the desert, virtually the same path it had [30]-odd years ago,” said Johns, one of many who ...

Weekend rains could finally help tamp down the still-burning Los Angeles wildfires, but those rains could bring deadly mudslides and flooding to the communities in and around the fire zones.

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.