A
filmmaker has captures rare and exciting footage of "fire whirls" in
the Australian outback.
Chris
Tangey was
scouting locations in Australia, and his camera was ready when the whirl, or
"fire devil," materialized. A fire whirl occurs when a vortex of
flame is created. Put simply, it is basically a tornado made of flames.
Fire whirls
are almost never captured on film or in photos. They are most commonly formed
during wildfires when warm updraft winds connect with the wildfire. Though they
usually expire after a few minutes, they can be deadly.
During an
extreme fire whirl, which formed in the aftermath of a 1923 earthquake in
Japan, 38,000 people were killed in just 15 minutes. There have also been
deaths and serious injuries on a much smaller scale from these fire tornadoes
in other locations, including California.
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