York fire: Crews are battling ‘fire whirls’ in Mojave Desert

Crews are battling ‘fire whirls’ in Mojave Desert

Crews battled “fire whirls” in California’s Mojave National Preserve this weekend as a massive wildfire crossed into Nevada amid dangerously high temperatures and raging winds.The blaze erupted Friday near the remote Caruthers Canyon area of the vast wildland preserve, crossed the state line into Nevada on Sunday and sent smoke further east into the Las Vegas Valley.A smoky haze blotted out the sun midday on the Las Vegas Strip and obliterated views of mountains surrounding the city and suburbs.

A fire truck heading towards the York Fire on Sunday, July 30, 2023, in the Mojave National Preserve. The York Fire burns towards a railway crossing on Sunday, July 30, 2023, in the Mojave National Preserve. The vortexes — which can be anywhere from a few feet tall to several hundred feet high, with varying rotational speeds — were spotted Sunday on the north end of the York Fire.

The whirls require high temperatures to form. In Searchlight, Nevada — an unincorporated area about 12 miles from the California border where the fire burned — Monday’s high was 100 degrees Fahrenheit , according to the National Weather Service.Significant portions of the U.S. population have been subject to extreme heat in recent weeks.

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