When these vortices are tilted from horizontal to vertical, this creates fire whirls. In dry atmospheres, inferior mirages, dust devils, steam devils, and fire whirls can form. He whirls around and screams as the python coils around him. The Yakuza henchman pulls out his nunchucks and whirls them around to intimidate his opponent. Fire whirls are like tornadoes and result from the vortices created by the fire's heat. Empire biscuits are similar to Viennese whirls. These whirls have been known to hurl flaming logs and burning debris over considerable distances. Two whirls occur on the shoulders, from where the hair radiates in all directions. Viennese Whirls were set as the technical challenge. Large, violent wildfires can generate winds of their own, called fire whirls. These fire whirls are likely what drove flaming debris so high and so far. A firestorm may also develop into a mesocyclone and induce true tornadoes/fire whirls. Fire whirls can be common within the vicinity of a plume during a volcanic eruption. It is not long before the entire town is infected by the otherworldly whirls. Fire whirls usually are not as strong as tornadoes associated with thunderstorms.