Ladbible: According to the Express, thousands of firefighters have been trying to contain the huge blaze but it’s continuing to rage, threatening to destroy thousands of buildings and structures.
In the shocking video, the wind whips up the fire appearing to create a tornado effect.
CALFIRE chief, Ken Pimlott, said crews were ‘seeing fire whirls – literally what can be described as a tornado’. He added: “This fire was whipped up into a whirlwind of activity, uprooting trees, moving vehicles, moving parts of roadways.” A total of eight people have been killed in the flames so far, two of which were local firefighters helping control the monster fire.The official cause of the Carr fire is listed as ‘mechanical failure of a vehicle’ in the incident report from CAL FIRE.But according to the Guardian, scientists have directly connected the blaze to climate change.The fire has been dubbed the Carr fire, from the location it began – at Highway 299 and Carr Powerhouse Road in Whiskeytown.