Video released by the Riverina Highlands Rural Fire Service showed a funnel of smoke rotating above a bushfire near Tumbarumba, New South Wales, on Jan. 14. Strong winds caused the smoke and flames to swirl into a whirlwind above the ground, as multiple fires scorched nearby fields, local reports said.
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