Video captures ‘incredibly rare’ B.C. wildfire tornado over lake
Aug 23, 2023 | 12:41 PM
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LILLOOET, B.C. — The BC Wildfire Service has shared a video showing what it calls an “incredibly rare” fire tornado, also known as a fire whirl, that was whipped up over Gun Lake in the Central Interior.
It says the video, showing a giant vortex of gas and flame disappearing into the night sky, was shot by its firefighters last week as they battled the Downton Lake wildfire near Lillooet.
The service says a combination of extreme fire intensity, plummeting humidity and very low dew point produced conditions that created the fire tornado.
