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

Recently-released footage now shows how a fire tornado has formed as flames edge closer into the city's San Fernando Valley. A fire tornado is a rare phenomenon that occurs when a fire and ...

“There is a rotation caused by very strong wind shear and a very hot, localized low-pressure system,” she said. Fire tornados can make fires stronger by sucking up air, Carvalho said. “It creates a ...

“There is a rotation caused by very strong wind shear and a very hot, localized low-pressure system,” she said. Fire tornadoes can make fires stronger by sucking up air, Carvalho said.

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Credit: AP/Robert F. Bukaty “There is a rotation caused by very strong wind shear and a very hot, localized low-pressure system,” she said. Fire tornadoes can make fires stronger by sucking up ...

A home in Cornwall caught fire after being struck by lightning this morning (Monday, January 27). Fire crews were called to ...

Fire tornadoes, also known as fire whirls ... This creates a spinning motion if the surface wind conditions are just right. The result is a vortex, or a spinning column of air.