Video of the event, taken by firefighters assigned to attack the fire, shows flames and smoke swirling like a large tornado. These events — sometimes referred ...

Watch the moment a huge blaze in Utah turned into a gigantic fire vortex on Saturday (12 July). Footage captured by a firefighter shows the unusual weather phenomenon which the US Forest Service ...

The low pressure there allows the hot, ignited gases from the burning rag to reach upward more easily, creating the flame vortex of the fire tornado. Excerpted from The Practical Pyromaniac: ...

At around 7:00 p.m. PT on July 26, a towering vortex of smoke and flame spun into the California sky. The tornado-like column rose over 16,000 feet into the air.

Blue whirl flame structure revealed with supercomputers XSEDE-allocated Stampede2 simulates 3D structure of vortex breakdown with combustion Date: ...

Think about that: a stable, controlled vortex of flame that can burn crude oil completely, and exploits surface tension and viscosity to feed itself in lieu of a physical wick.

Fire whirls represent a captivating yet complex combustion phenomenon in which a delicate interplay between buoyancy and ambient flow circulation generates self-sustained vortex flames.

Main structure and flow structure of 'blue whirl' flame revealed through supercomputer simulations. ... XSEDE-allocated Stampede2 simulates 3D structure of vortex breakdown with combustion ...