KOIN 6 Meteorologist Josh Cozart captures rare 'fire whirl' spinning in California's wildfires form KTLA helicopter feed Friday, January 10, 2025.

Fire whirls, often referred to as fire tornadoes, are fascinating phenomena that occur when flames and hot gases rise rapidly, creating a rotating column of fire. These whirls can significantly ...

The video shows a pair of fire whirls from the Remington Fire, which began in August 2024 and burned through parts of Wyoming and Montana.

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 ...

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.

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

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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Caught on camera: A ‘firenado’ or ‘fire whirl‘ quickly spun up in the high heat of the Los Angeles wildfires Friday night. During a helicopter flight from KOIN 6’s sister ...

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 ...

video taken by KTLA from the Palisades fires shows fire tornadoes or fire whirls forming. While they may look similar to a tornado associated with a thunderstorm, there is a key difference.

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 ...