© nicejalapeno on Instagram
These fire tornados can form when intense heat combines with high winds.
Copelin, who goes by the Instagram user name nicejalapeno, captured the image about a mile north of 190 Highway on Saturday, May 3rd
Copelin said she was heading out for a day in St. Joseph, Mo., with her daughter and a friend when she saw the flames.
"Thanks to my love of Instagram I chose to drive by and as I stopped to take a picture the wind whipped up the fire into this funnel," Copelin said in an email to KMBC 9 News. "The sound and heat were intense and a bit scary not knowing if it would stay put, but it only lasted a couple minutes."
There were no reports of injuries from the incident.
Comment: An earlier fire tornado was captured in 2012, Australia:
And a ''Fire-nado' caught on tape in march; Denver, Colorado: