How does fire tornado work?

Answer:
Fire whirls work in a manner somewhat similar to dust devils. The intense heat produced by a fire will always generate an updraft. As air flows into the fire it may gain some spin as it interacts with vegetation and topography. This spin can then be taken on by the updraft, producing a vortex of smoke and flames.
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    Fire tornadoes, also called fire whirls or fire devils are vorticies of smoke or flame that can form during very intense fires. These vorticies are technically not tornadoes.

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