The Dragon Bravo Fire, which has been on fire in the North Rim of the Grand Canyon since July 4th, has been the largest wildfire in the US this year.
As of August 1, the fire had already burned more than 111,000 acres, with only 9% of current containment. Firefighters encountered low humidity, gusts of wind, heat and rough terrain, making it difficult to control the flames.
A video shared by a local fire emergency team shows a thick plume of orange smoke rising into the sky, creating an open-eyed cloud, also known as a fire cloud.
“These clouds are very powerful. In some cases, they are known to generate storms, lightning, and tornadoes,” the team said in a video they shared on Facebook.
The fire is already the 10th largest wildfire in Arizona since the 1990s, according to the Republic of Arizona, part of the USA Today network.
Watch the Dragon Bravo Fire video
See the giant fire cloud form on Dragon Bravo Fire
The time-lapse footage shot a pyrocamulus or fire cloud as Dragon Bravo fires as it rose into the Arizona sky.
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