Watch: Massive Fire Tornado That Killed Firefighter

Recently released video from Cal Fire shows the most intense tornado ever in California history that trapped and killed a firefighter in Redding last month.

37-year-old Jeremiah “Jeremy” Stoke was a longtime Redding Fire Department veteran. According to Cal fire, on July 26th, he was driving his truck in northwest Redding and helping evacuate residents from the Carr Fire when he got into trouble.

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While it was not the first documented fire tornado in California – a similar event happened at Coffey Park last October, for instance – but it was certainly the most powerful.

Even for fire researchers like Craig Clements, the director at the SJSU Fire Weather Research Lab, who had seen fire whirls before, it was an extraordinary event.

The video released by Cal Fire clearly shows the Carr Fire winds and flames moving in opposite directions forming a massive vortex. (Read more from “Watch: Massive Fire Tornado That Killed Firefighter” HERE)

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