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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Fire Tornados


What Is A Fire Tornado?
A fire whirl, colloquially fire devil or fire tornado, is a rare phenomenon in which a fire, under certain conditions (depending on air temperature and currents), acquires a vertical vorticity and forms a whirl, or a tornado-like vertically oriented rotating column of air. Fire whirls may be whirlwinds separated from the flames, either within the burn area or outside it, or a vortex of flame, itself.

These natural occurrences can be extremely dangerous, as a 1923 fire tornado near Tokyo proved when it killed 38,000 people in 15 minutes.

Below is Video of the Fire Tornado that hit Brazil recently

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