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 ...

Wild footage shows the moments a "firenado" broke out in the midst of the chaos that was the Palisades Fire escalating once again on Friday, moving quickly towards Mandeville Canyon near Brentwood.

It's like "bomb cyclone" or "firenado." It seems like the sort of phenomenon that would be responsible for the ...

A firefighting Super Scooper aircraft from Canada was hit by a private drone as it battled the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles County, California on January 9. The FBI are searching for the operator.

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 ...

A firenado is a whirl of fire and ash caused by intense heat and turbulent wind conditions. The Daily Universe is an educational lab tied to the curriculum of the journalism sequence in the BYU ...

Wildfires pose various threats, one being what is called a fire tornado. A fire tornado, also called a firenado, results from a wildfire burning particularly hot during strong winds, which can ...

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A tornado forms downwards from a cloud base when warm, moist air collides with colder air. A "firenado" actually has more in common with a whirlwind or dust devil, as they form from the ground ...

Fire whirl, fire devil, fire tornado or even firenado — scientists, firefighters and regular folks use multiple terms to describe similar phenomena, and they don’t always agree on what’s what.