Apocalypse Now: Deadly Fire Tornado Rages Across California
On July 26, the Carr Fire near Redding, California unleashed a vortex with winds so strong it uprooted trees and stripped away their bark.
Winds roared at 165 miles per hour, fast enough to be a strong EF3 tornado. Temperatures reached 2,700 degrees, as hot as a small star. It stood 7.5 miles tall, making it the largest documented fire whirl / devil / tornado in recorded history.
The fire also created huge pyrocumulus clouds (clouds of fire) that lasted days:
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