This is the dramatic moment a massive fire tornado tore through a forest in Utah.

Footage shows a massive vortex of dark smoke billowing into the sky from a burning field during the Deer Creek Fire on July 12.

Officials confirmed that no injuries occurred during the unusual weather phenomenon.

A Bureau of Land Management fire engine was damaged during the event and has been taken out of service for repairs.

A firenado, or fire whirl, occurs when the intense heat from a wildfire combines with turbulent wind conditions to form a spinning vortex of flames, heat, and smoke.

The rare weather event happens as the heat from the fire causes the air to rise rapidly, creating a vacuum that draws in more air, fueling the flames into a towering inferno that twists into the sky.