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West’s wildfire infernos
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The West’s infernos are melting our sense of how fire works

42,000-foot plumes of ash. 143-mph firenadoes. 1,500-degree heat. These wildfires are a new kind of hell on earth, and scientists are racing to learn its rules.
Fire tornadoes reported in Northern California
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Fire tornadoes reported in Northern California

The National Weather Service issued an unusual warning on Saturday about the possibility of “a fire-induced tornado.”
California’s Carr Fire may have unleashed the most intense fire tornado ever observed in the U.S.
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California’s Carr Fire may have unleashed the most intense fire tornado ever observed in the U.S.

The Carr Fire unleashed a fiery vortex with winds of at least 143 mph, the equivalent of an EF3 tornado.
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