— The Carr fire which has been ripping through California for over a week now and has led to the evacuation of 37,000 residents in California.
MENDOCINA, CA – Catastrophic wildfires continue to ravage California, as one blaze nearly doubled in size over the last three days, making it the largest in the state’s history.
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.
The fire has been dubbed the Carr fire, from the location it began – at Highway 299 and Carr Powerhouse Road in Whiskeytown, California.
Tweeting on July 27, Jerry Brown, the Governor of California, said: “Our thoughts are with the loved ones of the 2 firefighters we lost fighting the #CarrFire & with the many Californians who have lost their homes. We are with you.
“The @Cal_OES State Operations Center is activated to its highest level. Please follow all evacuation orders.”
The Carr fire is the most formidable of 17 currently raging in California, and 94 across the United States from Texas to Alaska.
California’s rolling steep terrain has made the blaze difficult to control.
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