See it: Fire whirl spins through burning Iowa field after severe storms

SALIX, Iowa – A occurrence whirl, different known arsenic a ‘firenado’ was caught connected camera successful Iowa aft terrible upwind blew done connected Thursday night. 

Aerial video showed the occurrence whirl spinning up from a enactment of occurrence that was scorching done a tract extracurricular Silax, adjacent the Iowa/Nebraska border. 

Fire whirls are spinning columns of blistery aerial and gases that emergence up from a fire, according to the National Wildfire Coordinating Group. When the gases and blistery aerial rise, they besides transportation up debris, fume and sometimes fire, creating a vortex. 

Tornadoes and beardown hail pelted Iowa and Nebraska during beardown thunderstorms connected Thursday nighttime caused respective lightning strikes successful the area, 1 of which started the occurrence seen successful the video, said FOX Weather Meteorologist Jane Minar. 

In the video, agleam reddish columns of swirling occurrence sprout up from the enactment of occurrence burning the field. 

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Fire portion whips done burning tract successful Iowa connected April 17, 2025. 

(Dan Gottschalk / FOX Weather)

Behind the enactment of fire, the scorched world of the tract is black, creating a stark opposition betwixt the bluish sky, achromatic fume and orangeish-red flames. 

Fire whirls tin alteration successful size, with immoderate being implicit 500 feet wide, according to the NWCG, and immoderate smaller, similar the 1 successful the video. 

The occurrence seems to agelong connected for rather a portion successful the video, arsenic the occurrence whirl travels done it. You tin spot the flames being sucked into the vortex of the whirl. 

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Fire is sucked into a occurrence whirl successful a burning tract successful Iowa connected April 17, 2025.

(Dan Gottschalk / FOX Weather)

Large 'firenadoes’ tin beryllium arsenic beardown arsenic a tiny tornado, the NWCG reported. 

Fire upwind warnings were successful effect for overmuch of the country past week into this week, with the National Weather Service informing residents to perceive to section occurrence acquisition and bounds burning.