REDDING, Calif. (KGO) -- Two fire phenomenon are captured in two different videos: a fire whirl and a firenado. Fire whirls are rare, but can happen during a powerful fire like the Carr Fire, which ...

Researchers have run the first large-scale field test of deliberately generated fire whirls over crude oil floating on water, and the results challenge conventional thinking about oil-spill cleanup.

"Our goal is to harness the chaotic nature of fire whirls as a powerful, precise restoration tool, to protect coastlines, marine ecosystems and the environment as a whole." While it sounds ...

Traditional cleanup methods, like skimming or burning on the surface, often work slowly or produce thick smoke that creates ...

Oil spills have a new whirlwind solution. Disasters like Exxon Valdez in 1989 and Deepwater Horizon in 2010 are difficult to clean up after and can cause catastrophic ecological damage — and there are ...