The video shows a high-altitude column of fire rapidly forming in the Nuble region.
In the midst of the wave of massive forest fires that affect extensive territories in different regions of central and southern Chile, strange natural phenomena occur. Thus, in the region of Nuble an impressive whirlpool of fire appeared.
The captured images, which have gone viral on social media, show a high-altitude column of fire rapidly forming in the town of El Carmen.
According to National Geographic magazine, this phenomenon, which can manifest itself as hot air circulating around the flames or can be entirely fire, occurs “when a source of fire is lifted by strong, dry air currents, forming a whirlpool.” igneous and vertical”. It is pointed out that the fire can be produced by gases from the local flora combined with intense heat and dry air, as well as by sources that come from human beings.
The latest balance of the National Emergency Prevention Service (Senapred) detailed that the number of victims due to the forest fire that burns in the country increased to 26 people. The lethality caused by the flames has been described as the deadliest wave of fires in the last decade in Chile.
Source: RT
