Amazing footage shows a firenado spinning into the air during a blaze at a plastics factory

Extraordinary footage shows the moment a giant spiral of flames known as a “firenado” broke out during a factory blaze.

The 50ft-high column of swirling fire could be seen up to 26 miles away after the inferno broke out in the early hours of Tuesday (7/8).

Fifty firefighters dashed to Ravensbourn plastics factory in Swadlincote, Derbys., just after 1.40am.