Officials in Oregon confirmed Saturday that the Bootleg Fire, the largest in the country at more than 400,000 acres and less than half contained, was so hot, dry, and massive that it spawned its own weather last week, a rare fire tornado. “This tornado was created from extreme fire behavior, dry fuels, and unstable atmosphere,” according to the Medford National Weather Service Forecast Office.
On July 18, 2021, a tornado was confirmed on the eastern perimeter of the Bootleg Fire. This tornado was created from...
