Janae Copelin took a picture of the rare phenomenon, which is often
known as a ‘fire devil’, after strong winds swept up the flames into a
terrifying funnel.
Posting the photo on Instagram, Ms Copelin said it was the “coolest/scariest thing I’ve ever seen”.
“A farmer burning off his field and as we stopped so I could take a picture the wind whipped up this fire twister #nofilter #firestorm #firetwister”, she posted.
The tornado-like fire whirls are created when intense heat combines with strong winds to create a spinning vortice of flame.
They are described by meteorologists as “rapidly spinning vortices that form when air superheated by an intense wildfire rises rapidly, consolidating low-level spin from winds converging into the fire like a spinning ice skater, pulling its arms inward'.
- The Independent
Posting the photo on Instagram, Ms Copelin said it was the “coolest/scariest thing I’ve ever seen”.
“A farmer burning off his field and as we stopped so I could take a picture the wind whipped up this fire twister #nofilter #firestorm #firetwister”, she posted.
The tornado-like fire whirls are created when intense heat combines with strong winds to create a spinning vortice of flame.
They are described by meteorologists as “rapidly spinning vortices that form when air superheated by an intense wildfire rises rapidly, consolidating low-level spin from winds converging into the fire like a spinning ice skater, pulling its arms inward'.
- The Independent
