Saturday, August 15, 2020

Extremely rare and dangerous fire whirl develops in California

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6 hours ago - These can be extremely dangerous, though typically stationary during their lifespan. This particular vortex was produced by a rotating pyrocumulonimbus cloud in the Loyalton Fire in northern California. As of Saturday evening, the Loyalton Fire had grown to 2000 acres and is not contained.
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fire whirl, also commonly known as a fire devil, is a whirlwind induced by a fire and often (at ... Fire whirls are not usually classifiable as tornadoes as the vortex in most ... Pyrocumulonimbi generated by large fires on rare occasion also develops in a ... by a wildfire near Loyalton, California capable of producing a fire whirl.

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