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Wildfires can create their own weather, including tornado-like fire whirls − an atmospheric scientist explains how

Fire-produced thunderstorms and tornado-like fire whirls are more common than anyone realized, as high-resolution satellite images and data now show.

A Fire Tornado? Yes, They’re Real — and Dangerous | The Tyee

A video posted by BC Wildfire Service captured the ‘intensely rotating columns of gas and flame’ of a wildfire tornado.

'Incredibly rare' fire tornado captured on video by B.C. wildfire crews

Crews working on a wildfire in British Columbia captured footage of what the B.C. Wildfire Service describes as a fire whirl or fire tornado. 

Video captures 'incredibly rare' B.C. wildfire tornado over lake

The BC Wildfire Service has shared a video showing what it calls an "incredibly rare" fire tornado, also known as a fire whirl, that was whipped up over Gun Lake in the Central Interior.

‘Fire tornado’: Video captures jaw-dropping phenomenon at B.C. wildfire

The 'incredibly rare' phenomenon was captured last week by overnight ground personnel working the Downton Lake fire, burning in the Gun Lake area north of Pemberton.

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