{"id":413112,"date":"2026-09-28T20:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T20:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/413112\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T20:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T20:48:09","slug":"rare-fire-tornado-caught-on-camera-during-florida-controlled-burn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/413112\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare &#8216;fire tornado&#8217; caught on camera during Florida controlled burn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A rare &#8220;fire tornado&#8221; was caught on camera Monday during a controlled burn in Volusia County.<\/p>\n<p>The fiery vortex swirled for about a minute before eventually fizzling out.<\/p>\n<p>There was no threat to nearby residents or property, according to officials.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/caruso-sign-vandalized-with-child-abuser-message-head-cut-out-palm-beach-county-politics-florida-politics-florida-election-2026-election-general-election-republican-party-gop-caruso-arrest-mike-caruso-arrest-mike-caruso-charges-child-sex-abuse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Caruso sign vandalized with &#8216;Child Abuser!\u2019 message, head cut out<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/florida-fire-tornado-video-volusia-county\/73928255\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WESH reports<\/a> the phenomenon occurs when intense heat from a fire causes air to rapidly rise. The rising air creates a vacuum effect, pulling in surrounding air and potentially creating a spinning column of air and flames.<\/p>\n<p>Fire tornadoes, also known as fire whirls, can form under the right conditions when heat, wind, and the movement of air interact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A rare &#8220;fire tornado&#8221; was caught on camera Monday during a controlled burn&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-413112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}