Check out this video of what is a “fire whirl” or as many often refer to it, “fire tornado”. This phenomenon actually is not a tornado and occurs during large wildfires when rising hot air combines with the “whirling” wind causing the fire to form a shape like a column.

Los Angeles residents woke up to another day of destructive wildfires as winds continued to cause flareups across America's second-largest city. Containment efforts are improving for the fires across the Los Angeles region,