LA SAL, San Juan County — No injuries were reported, but a fire engine was damaged when a massive "fire vortex" formed within a fire burning in southeast Utah over the weekend. A massive fire vortex ...

Thunderstorms formed by pyrocumulonimbus clouds can spawn large fire whirls – sometimes called firenadoes – if there is enough instability in the atmosphere.

A massive fire burning across both California and Nevada is generating extreme fire behavior, spawning “fire whirls” and creating dangerous conditions for firefighters, authorities said.

Recently, a large fire whirl was spotting in British Columbia, Canada. The whirl that began over the flames moved over the nearby lake. It lost its fire, but retained the powerful vortex.

A fire whirl, otherwise known as a ‘firenado’ was caught on camera in Iowa after severe weather on Thursday night.

Thunderstorms formed by pyrocumulonimbus clouds can spawn large fire whirls – sometimes called firenadoes – if there is enough instability in the atmosphere.

Thunderstorms formed by pyrocumulonimbus clouds can spawn large fire whirls – sometimes called firenadoes – if there is enough instability in the atmosphere.

Wildfire blowups, fire whirls, towering thunderstorms: When fires get large and hot enough, they can actually create their own weather. In these extreme fire situations, firefighters’ ordinary ...

On rare occasions, very large fire whirls may form. A fire whirl in Tokyo in 1923 was estimated to have killed 38,000 people in less than 15 minutes, according to the U.S. Forest Service.

On rare occasions, very large fire whirls may form. A fire whirl in Tokyo in 1923 was estimated to have killed 38,000 people in less than 15 minutes, according to the U.S. Forest Service.

Wildfire blowups, fire whirls, towering thunderstorms: When fires get large and hot enough, they can actually create their own weather.

Thunderstorms formed by pyrocumulonimbus clouds can spawn large fire whirls – sometimes called firenadoes – if there is enough instability in the atmosphere.