After several weeks of drought, which has left brush extremely dry, a fire ignited in the Brazilian municipality of Aracatuba. What made this fire so special was the fact that a fire tornado formed within it.

Fire tornadoes are extremely rare, and barely ever witnessed. They are sometimes referred to as a fire whirl or fire devil as well. They usually form when very strong winds whip up flames from brush fires. They can become several meters high, and can race across fields at rapid rates.

One of the worst recorded fire tornadoes of all time was in 1923 during the Great Kanto Earthquake in Japan, which ignited a firestorm with a fire tornado that raced across the area killing 38,000 people within 15 minutes time.

Below is a video of the tornado which occurred recently in Brazil.