The National Weather Service’s Los Angeles page screams “Particularly Dangerous ... PDS warnings were first used to warn of tornado outbreaks in the Midwest. More than a decade ago, three ...

The National Weather Service's warning about the “particularly dangerous situation” in which any new fire could explode in size in the Los Angeles area didn’t mention fire tornadoes.

As if they aren’t already facing enough, firefighters in California also could encounter fire tornadoes – a rare but dangerous phenomenon in which wildfires create their own weather.

At least 24 people have now been confirmed dead due to massive wildfires around Los Angeles with California ... acres and 15 per cent contained. A fire tornado was also reportedly spotted as ...