'Firenado' Captured in Epic Instagram Snap
 

'Firenado' Captured in Epic Instagram Snap
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Meet the dust devil's more dangerous cousin. A Missouri woman captured a picture of this pillar of fire as she was driving down a road in the town of Chillicothe on Sunday. It's since been dubbed the "firenado."

Janea Copelin explained on her Instagram account that a farmer was burning off his field when the firenado appeared.

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