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04-19-2016, 06:55 AM
Terrifying video shows firefighters fleeing fire tornado
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Some dramatic moments caught on video show firefighters in St. Albert, Alberta, Canada fleeing a dangerous fire tornado that threatened to engulf them.*
SEE ALSO: Huge fire engulfs popular Ubud Market in Bali (http://mashable.com/2016/03/24/fire-ubud-market/)
The footage was shot last week but recently surfaced, showing firefighters battling the blaze.*
The fire began as a campfire that burned out of control and some of the firefighters battling the blaze jumped in the nearby Sturgeon River to escape the flames, according to the CBC (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/fire-tornado-st-albert-1.3539882). High winds and heat spun the flames around into a vortex that reached hundreds of feet into the air.*
Four fire trucks and more than a dozen firefighters responded to the blaze (http://www.stalbertgazette.com/article/Big-Lake-blaze-creates-towering-infer**-20160416?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter), which burned last Thursday after**on, just **rthwest of Edmonton.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/18/fire-tornado-canada/)
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Some dramatic moments caught on video show firefighters in St. Albert, Alberta, Canada fleeing a dangerous fire tornado that threatened to engulf them.*
SEE ALSO: Huge fire engulfs popular Ubud Market in Bali (http://mashable.com/2016/03/24/fire-ubud-market/)
The footage was shot last week but recently surfaced, showing firefighters battling the blaze.*
The fire began as a campfire that burned out of control and some of the firefighters battling the blaze jumped in the nearby Sturgeon River to escape the flames, according to the CBC (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/fire-tornado-st-albert-1.3539882). High winds and heat spun the flames around into a vortex that reached hundreds of feet into the air.*
Four fire trucks and more than a dozen firefighters responded to the blaze (http://www.stalbertgazette.com/article/Big-Lake-blaze-creates-towering-infer**-20160416?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter), which burned last Thursday after**on, just **rthwest of Edmonton.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/18/fire-tornado-canada/)
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