A wildfire in southwest France went rogue, spawning a pyrocumulonimbus storm — a rare, self-generated thunderstorm fueled by smoke and heat. This monstrous cloud didn’t just watch the fire burn; it made it worse by hurling lightning that sparked new blazes and whipping erratic winds that spread flames unpredictably. The blaze, which scorched over 420 square kilometers and destroyed 240 homes, forced 220,000 people to flee. Though common in North America and Australia, this phenomenon had never been recorded in France before — and now, it’s turning the fire into its own worst enemy, creating a deadly feedback loop that’s nearly impossible to control.
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