When you see videos of a firenado, it’s easy to think you’re looking at a tornado. After all, both are spinning columns of air. But they’re actually very different phenomena. A tornado forms from a ...

A fire vortex, formed from intense heat of combined fires and turbulent winds, spread in Deer Creek in San Juan County, Utah on July 12. The firenado formed from the massive Deer Creek fire that by ...

A fire tornado, also known as a fire whirl, appeared in Brentwood, California, on Jan. 13 during the Palisades fires. A firenado is a whirl of fire and ash caused by intense heat and turbulent wind ...