SANTA HELENA DE GOIÁS, BRAZIL — Intense heat, and turbulent winds gave life to a phenomenal fire tornado in central west Brazil. <br /><br />The footage from Tuesday captures the luminous and towering twister rip it up across a meadow on the banks of a motorway in Santa Helena de Goiás.<br /><br />In the video, trucks that have pulled up to spectate are dwarfed by the wild tornado of fire, also known as the 'fire devil' making for some pretty unnerving scenes.<br /><br />The raging rarity arcs upwards with fiery explosions from its base. <br /><br />That fire was eventually contained by the farmers, however, not everything ended there.<br /><br />According to the Peruvian newspaper, La República, two days later a second firenado was captured wreaking havoc in a cane plantation.<br /><br />Experts from Sao Paulo's Somar Meteorology Institute report that fire tornadoes are one of the "rarest events in nature" and that they only materialize with a combination of high temperatures, turbulent winds, low air humidity, and dry soil. <br /><br />Brazilian firefighters say that these relentless swirls can reach up to 80 meters high.<br /><br />However, mechanical engineer Jason Forthofer, told National Geographic that he believes some fire tornados can grow more than a thousand feet tall.
