By J.D. Morris from SF chronicle
A large wildfire burning across three eastern Sierra Nevada mountain counties exploded into a highly dangerous fire tornado Saturday, around the time federal forecasters issued a dire and unusual warning.
The Loyalton Fire started Friday at about 4:30 p.m. near Mount Ina Coolbirth in Sierra County, and on Saturday morning it had burned 2,000 acres in the area. By late afternoon, the wildfire had grown to an estimated 20,000 acres and was raging in parts of Sierra, Lassen and Plumas counties.
As the fire grew amid extreme heat and intense winds, it sent up a tall column of smoke that appears to have formed into a fire-fueled tornado — similar to the one seen during the 2018 Carr Fire in Redding. Read more from SF Chronicle
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