BURNSVILLE, Ala. -- A "smokenado" formed during a fire at a recycling and salvaging plant in Burnsville, Alabama, on Monday.
This video, filmed by a lineman at the Central Alabama Electric Cooperative and posted on Twitter, shows the smoke funnel.
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The cooperative told Storyful that their crews were waiting for the fire to be controlled enough to work on the damaged power lines.
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In a Facebook post they thanked the first responders who worked on the fire, saying "y'all are true heroes! #smokenado."
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The fire had been burning at the National Salvage and Recycling Corp for three days as of Tuesday, according to local news reports.