TORNADO

Fire tornadoes, also called fire whirls or fire devils, are rare. But they form in the same basic way as ordinary dust devils. If a small patch of hot air rises quickly enough through the cooler air above and around it, it can become a rotating column of air which picks up dust and small debris. In a fire tornado, the fire itself heats the rising air, and the vortex carries flaming material aloft. Those are typically caused by high winds during large forest fires, rather than a situation like the one in the film.

But, idea is not impossible. If a tornado gets rapidly rotating columns of air that can pull up the flames, you can see the fire tornado.