LINCOLN COUNTY, Oklahoma — A quick “ash tornado” popped up while several crews battled a large grass fire Tuesday afternoon in rural Lincoln County near Carney.Lincoln County Emergency ...

The massive blaze has already scorched 8,925 acres and remains completely uncontained, with firefighters struggling to gain ...

Fire tornadoes are more likely with hot temperatures, ... But there’s no ash on the ground — Clements says it was lifted away. “I’ve seen a lot of fires.

Fire whirl, fire devil, fire tornado or even firenado — scientists, firefighters and regular folks use multiple terms to describe similar phenomena, and they don’t always agree on what’s what.

As if they aren't already facing enough, firefighters in California also could encounter fire tornadoes — a rare but dangerous phenomenon in which wildfires create their own weather. The ...

With massive wildfires plaguing the western United States, scientists have been tracking an increase in dangerous wildfire-generated extremes, including fire-generated thunderstorms and tornados ...