High-altitude fire hoses of nearly 600m sweep through the American town

The forest fire and heat created perfect conditions for fire cannons to flare up and move along the crowded town in California, USA.

Local residents witnessed giant fire and smoke canets sweeping their town near Redding, California, USA, in the Carr wildfire on July 26, according to Live Science. A fierce swirling hose was recorded and shared on ABC News.

The fire near Redding erupted into a fire hose that rose 550 meters in the air and lasted for nearly an hour

Fire cannons, also known as fire or tornadoes, are not uncommon and often break out from large forest fires. A phenomenon similar to sand or sand whirlwinds occurs when hot, dry air rises rapidly from the ground, forming a vertical column until it encounters cold air above. As more and more fire and hot air were swept into the column, it began to spin into a vortex, dragging dust, heat and debris, creating intense and dangerous fire towers.

Normally, fire cannons are over a hundred meters tall and only last a few minutes or a few seconds, but this case is different. On the evening of July 26, the fire near Redding exploded into a fire cannon rising 550 meters high in the air and staying for almost an hour."Such a long fire fire hose is really rare and scary," said Neil Lareau, a University of Nevada atmospheric scientist, Reno.

According to Lareau, fire cannons had appeared in California's wildfires before, but not in such a crowded residential area. Last week, the temperature in Redding reached 45 degrees Celsius, the perfect condition to form fire cannons. Carr's wildfires burned nearly 42,000 hectares from July 23, according to the California Fire and Forest Protection Agency. The cause of the fire is thought to be a failure in a car.