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Video of rare 'fire whirl' snatching hose from firefighters gives viewers glimpse of B.C. wildfire summer
That’s definitely a first,” Schidlowsky writes in the post. The smoke is too thick to show it, but Schidlowsky writes that the column stretches 60 metres into the sky. Fire information officer Kevin Skrepnek says the phenomenon known as a “fire whirl” can occur when high winds interact with a fire. “Typically a fire whirl won’t be as large and won’t last as long as what you’re seeing in that clip,” he said. Fire whirls are rare and Skrepnek said in his eight years with the Wildfire Service he has only witnessed one.
Source: National Post September 18, 2018 07:52 UTC
