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'Incredibly Rare' Fire Whirl Forms Over Canadian Lake
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1:08Now PlayingThe wildfire service in British Columbia has released dramatic footage of what they described as a fire whirl spinning over a lake during an out-of-control wildfire.
According to the fire service, the video was captured by ground personnel at the scene of the Downton Lake wildfire in the Gun Lake area on August 17.
The formation was the result of a “combination of high fire intensity, strong winds and air mass instability,” the fire service said.
“Fire whirls are an incredibly rare phenomenon,” they said. “These unique conditions and extreme fire behaviour are not experienced on the majority of fires in British Columbia.”
By August 23, the fire had burned some 7,382 hectares (over 18,200 acres), according to the wildfire service.
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