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Fire whirl

A fire whirl, fire devil or fire tornado is a whirlwind induced by a fire and often (at least partially) composed of flame and/or ash. These start with a whirl of wind, often made visible by smoke, and may occur when intense rising heat and turbulent fire-caused wind conditions combine to form whirling eddies of air. These eddies can contract to a…

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Area of occurrence
Worldwide (most frequent in areas subject to wildfires)
Effect
Wind damage, burning, propagation/intensification of fires
Season
All year (most frequent in dry season)

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Fire whirl

Nodes73
Edges72
Triples63
Avg. degree1.97
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Fire whirl

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related to External links · 29
Fire whirl → Alice Springs AustraliaPhotowww, And First FIRE TORNADO, Archived, August, Australia, Australian, Australian Geographic, AustraliaNew, BBC, Brazil, Canberra, Catalyst, Check123, Earthquake, Elizabeth, Fire, Fire Tornado, Fire TornadoAnother, March, November
related to Notable examples · 10
Fire whirl → An, During, Great Kantō, Hifukusho-Ato, Japan, Peshtigo, Tokyo, Tornado Memorial County Park, Williamsonville, Wisconsin
related to Further reading · 8
Fire whirl → Am, Bibcode, Bull, Fire Whirlwinds, Graham, Howard, Meteorol, Soc
related to Formation · 5
Fire whirl → Even, Fire, Most, Some, They
related to Classification · 4
Fire whirl → Stable, Steady, There, Type
related to Blue whirl · 3
Fire whirl → Blue, In, The
Area of occurrence · 1
Fire whirl → Worldwide (most frequent in areas subject to wildfires)
Effect · 1
Fire whirl → Wind damage, burning, propagation/intensification of fires
Season · 1
Fire whirl → All year (most frequent in dry season)

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Fire whirlArea of occurrenceWorldwide (most frequent in areas subject to wildfires)1.00infobox
Fire whirlEffectWind damage, burning, propagation/intensification of fires1.00infobox
Fire whirlSeasonAll year (most frequent in dry season)1.00infobox
tree barkinstance ofThese can also aid the 'spotting' ability of wildfires to propagate and start new fires as they lift burning materials0.80text
Fire whirlrelated to Blue whirlIn0.60section
Fire whirlrelated to Blue whirlThe0.60section
Fire whirlrelated to Blue whirlBlue0.60section
Fire whirlrelated to ClassificationThere0.60section
Fire whirlrelated to ClassificationType0.60section
Fire whirlrelated to ClassificationStable0.60section
Fire whirlrelated to ClassificationSteady0.60section
Fire whirlrelated to External linksAustraliaNew0.60section

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