Fire Whirl In Carr Fire Equal To EF-3 Tornado

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A fire whirl spawned by the Carr Fire carried wind speeds equivalent to an EF-3 tornado, the National Weather Service said on Thursday.
The rotating column of fire was spotted on July 26 as the fire near Redding took on a life of its own.
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Wind speeds generated by the column were around 143 mph, the equivalent of an EF-3 tornado on the enhanced Fujita scale.
Tornadoes are rare in the Sacramento Valley, but cro