Wooow — amazing,” the KTLA cameraman said of the biggest fire tornado he’d ever seen. KTLA The brush fire, which started just after 4 p.m. Wednesday, quickly spread, with more than 200 ...

California’s Creek Fire is not only the largest single wildfire in the state known for huge and destructive blazes, it spawned two rare firenados a day after the fire started earlier this month.

A firefighter who died while helping people evacuate a Northern California blaze was killed by a fire whirl that at one point reached a temperature of 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit, officials said.

The Park Fire has become the fifth-biggest in California's recorded history, as it's grown to more than 383,000 acres. It was started by a man who allegedly pushed a burning car into a gully.

The Carr Fire has consumed more than 218,000 acres, making it the eighth-largest fire in state history — for now. With the blaze just 75 percent contained, it is likely to claim a higher ...

Saturday news: Park Fire quickly becomes one of the biggest wildfires in California history The rotating pillar of smoke shown on the video is not the fire tornado, Nauslar said. In this case ...

Above: A fire tornado in California in 2022. As if they aren’t already facing enough, firefighters in California also could encounter fire tornadoes — a rare but dangerous phenomenon in which ...

In 2018, a fire tornado the size of three football fields killed a firefighter as it exploded in what already was a vast and devastating wildfire near near Redding, about 250 miles north of San ...

As if they aren't already facing enough, firefighters in California also could encounter fire tornadoes — a rare but dangerous phenomenon in which wildfires create their own weather. The ...

Fire tornadoes can make fires stronger by sucking up air, Carvalho said. “It creates a tornado track, ... “We’ve got the biggest fire lab in the U.S. for a university, ...

Fire tornadoes can make fires stronger by sucking up air, Carvalho said. “It creates a tornado track, ... “We’ve got the biggest fire lab in the U.S. for a university, ...