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Discovery News Interviews di Marzo about Fire Tornadoes

Fire tornadoes are rare in nature, but when they do start spinning they're even hotter than a regular fire. James Williams gets an explanation on how and why they occur from a fire protection expert.

http://news.discovery.com/videos/earth-fire-tornadoes-explained.html

Published September 8, 2010

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