The 'fire devil' appeared on the farm

Proper weather conditions created swirling winds, causing the fire to rise several meters high in the presence of the workers.

Flames swirled, rising into the sky with dense dust and smoke all around.

Fire demons, or fire cannons , appeared when workers were clearing the ground with a controlled fire on a farm near Santa Helena de Goiás, Brazil, Sun reported Tuesday. Flames swirled, rising into the sky with dense dust and smoke all around. Nearby, a worker was using a fire hose to control the fire.

This natural phenomenon is quite rare, according to meteorologists at the Somar Meteorological Institute. It forms in conditions of high temperature, wind instability, low air humidity associated with dry soil. In the fire, when the hot, dry air rises quickly to form a column and begin to swirl, the fire and the coal debris are also swept up, creating a fire hose.

Most fire cannons form when forest fires contribute to the spread of a fire. They can be 50m high, 3m wide and usually disappear after a few minutes. Some large fire hose to hundreds of meters high with 160km / h wind, lasting more than 20 minutes and causing trees to uproot.

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