A massive fire tornado was caught on camera in Redding, California, causing a fire inspector to lose his life as he was trapped by the blaze while trying to evacuate a neighborhood

Jeremy Stoke, a fire inspector, had been in his pickup heading to evacuate a neighborhood in northwest Redding, when he was trapped by the blaze himself. The cause of his death was a large fire tornado that had formed on the strength of suddenly gusting winds. It had a base wider than three football fields end to end, and winds that whipped as fast as 165 mph.