{"id":13230,"date":"2010-08-26T10:04:07","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T16:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/?p=13230"},"modified":"2010-08-26T01:14:24","modified_gmt":"2010-08-26T07:14:24","slug":"in-brazil-fire-tornado-caught-on-film-rare-terrifying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/2010\/08\/in-brazil-fire-tornado-caught-on-film-rare-terrifying\/","title":{"rendered":"In Brazil: Fire Tornado Caught on Film. Rare. Terrifying."},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/?p=13230#more-13230\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/brazil-firedevil.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Ever dance with fire devils in the baking sun?\" width=\"550\" height=\"310\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/brazil-firedevil.png 550w, https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/brazil-firedevil-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>Fire tornados, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/earth\/earthvideo\/7963274\/Rare-fire-tornado-caught-on-film.html\" class=\"external external_icon\">also known colloquially as fire devils<\/a>, happen when a fire acquires a vertical rotating column of air. Some can be more than a half a mile tall and contain winds over 100 mph.<\/p>\n<p>In 1923, Great Kanto earthquake in Japan, ignited firestorm thta raged through the city and produced a gigantic fire tornado that killed 38,000 in 15 minutes in the Hifukusho-Ato region of Tokyo.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There&#8217;s a video report under the cut.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><object classid='clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000' id='TelegraphPlayer-7963274' width='560' height='315' codebase='http:\/\/fpdownload.macromedia.com\/get\/flashplayer\/current\/swflash.cab'><param name='movie' value='http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/telegraph\/template\/utils\/ooyala\/telegraph_player.swf'\/><param name='salign' value='LT'\/><param name='wmode' value='window'\/><param name='scale' value='noscale'\/><param name='allowScriptAccess' value='always'\/><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'\/><param name='bgcolor' value='#000000'\/><param name='FlashVars' value='embedCode=pibTdvMTpTQ7RkrQSyqIlSgLfoTs1bzZ&#038;autoplay=1&#038;offSite=true&#038;showTD=true'\/><embed type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' src='http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/telegraph\/template\/utils\/ooyala\/telegraph_player.swf' pluginspage='http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/go\/getflashplayer' menu='false' quality='high' play='false' name='TelegraphPlayer-7963274' height='315' width='560' salign='LT' wmode='window' scale='noscale' allowScriptAccess='always' allowFullScreen='true' bgcolor='#000000' flashvars='embedCode=pibTdvMTpTQ7RkrQSyqIlSgLfoTs1bzZ&#038;autoplay=1&#038;offSite=true&#038;showTD=true'><\/embed><\/object> <\/div>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/earth\/earthvideo\/7963274\/Rare-fire-tornado-caught-on-film.html\" class=\"external external_icon\">telegraph<\/a>, august in whitechapel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fire tornados, also known colloquially as fire devils, happen when a fire acquires a vertical rotating column of air. Some can be more than a half a mile tall and contain winds over 100 mph. 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