Fire tornado caught on cam in Vanderhoof, B.C.

Terrifying video from a B.C. firefighter shows a rare and dangerous phenomenon.

Footage posted online by Mary Schidlowsky shows a fire tornado near Vanderhoof, B.C., a municipality about 100 kilometres west of Prince George.

Schidlowsky said the fiery twister destroyed a fire line set up by those working on a wildfire. It threw burning logs around for about 45 minutes, she said.

A hundred-foot-long hose was also pulled up and melted.
 

 

 

 

 

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Fire tornado destroyed our line. It threw burning logs across our guard for 45 minutes and pulled our hose 100 plus ft in the air before melting it. That's definitely a first. #firenado #startthepump #wildfire Note: It got over 200ft tall but the smoke was too think to see it clearly on video. Sorry for the profanity.

A post shared by M. C. Schidlowsky (@mar.lowsky) on Sep 15, 2018 at 1:32pm PDT

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  An image from video posted by Mary Schidlowsky shows a fire tornado near Vanderhoof, B.C.