The tornadoes, which also injured three people and caused widespread damage, reached wind speeds in excess of 100 miles per ...

Fire tornadoes (or firenadoes) form due to two key factors. One factor is the combustion process that creates fire and releases large amounts heat. This heat release creates an updraft.

These swirling columns of fire and ash look like tornadoes but they form differently from regular tornadoes that develop along the base of thunderstorms. Wildfires produce a lot of heat ...

Video footage from Friday shows a rotating inferno surrounded by smoke in the Pacific Palisades fire that has devastated the LA area.