Photos of the tree in a rural Ohio town showed glowing, red-hot flames spiraling up the trunk, while the outer branches appeared green and seemingly unaffected.
Firefighters were called early Tuesday to the tree fire in the rural Ridgeville Township, located about 45 miles southwest of Toledo. The Ridgeville Township Volunteer Fire Department shared photos of the tree, which showed glowing, red-hot flames spiraling up the trunk — while the outer branches appeared green and seemingly unaffected.
"Lightning can do some crazy things and we had a tough time getting to every hot spot in this tree trunk," the fire department wrote. A tree service was called in to help cut it down in order to fully extinguish the fire, according to the fire department. Other photos shared by fire officials showed the burned tree after the flames had been put out. The tree appears situated on a larger piece of land, near a barn or garage-type structure and a corn field behind it. A line of severe thunderstorms on TuesdayLightning strikes have caused similar-looking results in trees before, and while the appearance may be a bit other-worldly, there’s actually a natural explanation.
"Yet, rain-soaked bark often shows little damage because the lightning may follow the outside of the bark and flow into the ground," the department states. "Internal tree structure, such as spiral grains, can induce a spiral pattern on the outside of the bark as the lightning follows the moisture within the tree."that burned from the inside and was later deemed a "devil tree" for its reddish-orange flame inside the trunk.
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