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Abc's alex perez has the latest. >> reporter: the flames moved in within minutes, giving those living in the community just west of salt lake city little time to get out. a lightning strike is believed to have ignited the fast-moving blaze. about 250 evacuated families still don't know when they'll be allowed back home. crews have been working around the clock to douse the fire now about 25% contained. >> we have got two blackhawk helicopters dropping about 700 gallons every probably six minutes. >> making their job harder, these fire tornadoes. the fire whirls whip around, creating twists tha...

As we get further out in time, there's the -- this is way more south than danielle is. we're going to have to keep an eye on potentially earl. jon: we're going to play a game called stump the weather machine. we have incredible video to show you out of brazil. it's a fire tornado. look at that! what is up with that, j.d.? >> reporter: that's awesome. people call it a fire whirl or fire defensiveil. you always have that heating at the surface when it comes to tornadoes, the hot air rises. if you have the right wind dynamics, rotating calm of air, you see these rare fire tornadoes, most of them ...

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