Fire whirl on the Soda Fire

Saw a #firewhirl for the first time last night. This sucker was shooting flames 100 ft in the air before it passed right in front of the line, all while dropping hot dirt and ash on our helmets. #boise #sodafire #extremefirebehavior #megafire #wildlandfirefighting

A video posted by Craig Fluer (@craigfluer) on Aug 14, 2015 at 6:53pm PDT

Click on the image above and a video will play.

Previously we have written about “firenadoes“, which are fire whirls on steriods, and are much larger than this.

The Soda Fire on the Oregon/Idaho border southwest of Boise, has burned 283,000 acres.

Author: Bill Gabbert

After working full time in wildland fire for 33 years, he continues to learn, and strives to be a Student of Fire. View all posts by Bill Gabbert

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Darn..i cant see the image,but the twitter ( i think) words are there…whines..

Shane says:

August 18, 2015 at 5:33 am

Just click on the “twitter” words, your cursor should change to a hand when you move over the words. It will take you to instagram. When you’re there, click on the white play arrow. The video loads slowly, at least for me it did.

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1. Dave says:
  
  August 18, 2015 at 9:22 am
  
  Thanks Shane,was on this site this morning ,worked fine.
  
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