A fire tornado formed during the Park Fire on Thursday. In the video by AlertCalifornia, you can see the tornado grow larger and larger as it twists and rips through the forest at Platte Mountain ...

Fire tornadoes are formed similarly to tornadoes caused by severe thunderstorms, except extreme heat from a wildfire is the cause. ... grows to nearly 18,000 acres in Angeles National Forest ...

Imagine standing in a field and witnessing what appears to be a tornado made entirely of fire, spinning violently through the ...

The Park Fire in California recently produced a fire tornado. A stock image of a firefighting helicopter carrying a water bucket to extinguish a forest fire. Getty ...

Saturday news: Park Fire quickly becomes one of the biggest wildfires in California history The rotating pillar of smoke shown on the video is not the fire tornado, Nauslar said. In this case ...

Even if no one confirms a fire tornado, that doesn't mean there wasn't one, Swain said. "It's kind of like a tree falling in the forest. If no one was there to see it happen, that doesn't mean it ...

Tornado Fire initially started today at 4 a.m. in Fresno County, California. Since its discovery less than an hour ago, it ...

One or more suspected fire tornadoes occurred northeast of Chico, Calif., late Thursday in association with the rapidly-growing Park Fire. The blaze began Wednesday afternoon after a 42-year-old ...

A sprawling storm system crossing the U.S. has caused deadly crashes, damaged buildings and fanned more than 100 wildfires in several central states, prompting evacuation orders in some communities.

The fire department said the firefighter was taken to the hospital. His injuries were not life-threatening. ST. LOUIS — A ...