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Utah isn’t exactly known for tornadoes. Since 2000, only two significant tornadoes had hit the Beehive State. But that changed last weekend, when a rare fire tornado brought destructive winds up to ...
Layton City Fire deploys a brush truck to assist in fighting the aggressive Deer Creek Fire near La Sal, Utah.
The fire-induced tornado developed within the Deer Creek Fire just after 1 p.m. MT on Saturday, July 12, according to the ...
Norwood Fire Protection District (NFPD) is standing by to assist with structure protection in response to the Deer Creek Fire ...
You know, you’re taking away vegetation, you’re taking away elements that help to control that runoff into the drainages,” ...
The Deer Creek Fire had already burned several thousand acres just north of La Sal on Saturday when the column of flames and ...
A wildfire in eastern Utah spawned a fire-induced tornado on July 12, experts with the U.S. National Weather Service ...
A surging wildfire ripping through eastern Utah wilderness over the weekend triggered a "firenado", unleashing a terrifying ...
Utah fire fighters working to suppress the Deer Creek Fire Saturday witnessed the fire react to atmospheric conditions to ...
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Rare EF-2 Fire Tornado Footage
The National Weather Service confirmed Utah's rare firenado as an EF-2 with winds of 122 mph. The wildfire itself generated the tornado due to the surrounding air rapidly rising and developing into a ...
A rare fire tornado, or "firenado," with wind speeds reaching 122 mph was recorded in Utah on Saturday (July 12). The National Weather Service rated it as an EF-2 tornado, marking only the third EF2+ ...
Over a dozen structures were damaged or destroyed by a fire that started in southeast Utah last week, including some that ...