Fire tornadoes are a risk under California’s extreme wildfire conditions
- Firefighters in California face the risk of encountering fire tornadoes due to extreme wildfire conditions, as reported by the National Weather Service.
- The National Wildfire Coordinating Group's glossary defines a fire whirl as a spinning vortex column of hot air and gases from a fire, which can have the intensity of a small tornado.
- In 2018, a fire tornado the size of three football fields killed a firefighter during a vast wildfire near Redding, California.
- Scientists state that fire tornadoes can carry airborne embers over long distances and change fire behavior, posing dangers to first responders, according to James Urban.
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