The phenomenon is sometimes labeled a fire tornado, firenado, fire swirl, or fire twister, but these terms usually refer to a separate phenomenon where a fire has such intensity that it generates …

5 days ago · Terrifying video of a ‘fire tornado’ has emerged as bushfires burn out of control across Victoria.

Sep 29, 2025 · A fire-induced tornado (or pyrotornado) – a rarer beast, formed not just by surface fire behavior, but by the dynamics of towering, fire-fed clouds known as pyrocumulonimbus.

1 day ago · Fire whirls are real. Learn the science of how intense heat creates rotating columns of fire, distinct from meteorological tornadoes.

Jul 18, 2025 · A "firenado," a large wildfire caught up in a swift tornado, was spotted in eastern Utah, near the Colorado border, last weekend. The fire-induced tornado developed within the …

5 days ago · WATCH as a ferocious fire tornado rips through Victoria as it scorches the landscape and burns everything in its path. Three people remain unaccounted for as wildfires plunge …

People in Victoria have been left terrified as alarming video was shared of a developing 'fire tornado'. The Country Fire Authority (CFA) declared a statewide fire ban for Friday and …

Jul 18, 2025 · A firenado, or fire tornado, isn’t just a fiery whirlwind you’d expect in a disaster movie. It’s a real, naturally occurring event that happens when intense heat from a wildfire …

Jul 17, 2025 · South of the border, blazes in California have produced at least one significant fire-induced tornado in recent years—an EF-3 tornado during July 2018’s Carr Fire. Strong …

Fire tornadoes develop when a blaze, not the sun, heats air above the surface of the Earth. They're not really tornadoes at all, but a special type of whirlwind (makes sense why they're …