BREAKING: Incredibly-rare FIRE TORNADO in Utah officially rated an EF2 vortex by the National Weather Service! 🔥 The FIRE TORNADO had winds up to 122 mph, making it only the third EF2+ tornado to occur in the state of Utah since the year 2000. This was associated with the… pic.twitter.com/ikgxfMIvAl

The Deer Creek fire burning in San Juan County is now 7% contained and has burnt about 12,906 acres, according to the latest information posted by the Utah Department of

A fire-fueled thunderstorm cloud can form on top of a wildfire’s smoke plume, allowing the plume to grow vertically very quickly, Neil Lareau, a scientist and professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, told the Sacramento Bee in 2018.

Firefighters haven't been able to contain Deer Creek Fire as it's destroyed buildings and is being further pushed to spread by winds.

A vortex formed over the Deer Creek Fire on Saturday in San Juan County, causing damages to a fire engine and structures in the area.

A hot and dry summer has led to multiple wildfires across the West, including in Utah, where firefighters are battling eight such large blazes, scorching over 60,000 acres.

Firefighters on the scene of the 10,000-acre Deer Creek Fire in southern Utah captured video of a massive vortex of fire and smoke swirling in the