The rapidly growing wildfire, aided by hot, windy, and dry weather, drought, and beetle-killed timber, created a pyrocumulonimbus cloud. According to NASA, it is the largest such cloud ever seen in the United States.
The rapidly expanding wildfire, fueled by hot, windy, dry conditions, drought, and beetle-killed timber, generated a large pyrocumulonimbus cloud. According to NASA, it is the largest such cloud ever observed in the United States.