Fire tornado snatches firefighter's hose in Canada

Video. Fire tornado snatches firefighter's hose in Canada

An inferno in Canada even incinerated a fire hose deployed to fight it.

An inferno in Canada even incinerated a fire hose deployed to fight it.

Video posted on Instagram on August 19 showed three firefighters trying to pull back the hose, which was sucked into a fire whirl. 

Instagram user M.C. Schidlowsky said "fire tornado destroyed our line", and added the tornado was roughly 200-foot tall.

According to local media, the fire tornado was caused by a mix of the heat rising off the wildfire and high winds.

British Columbia declared a state of emergency in August due to the wildfires.