Firefighters in British Columbia continue to battle hundreds of wildfires devastating the Canadian province, and officials shared video of a "fire tornado" that formed last week during extreme weather conditions.

Also known as a "fire whirl," officials say the event is an "incredibly rare phenomenon." It was spotted on August 17 as fire personnel responded to the Downton Lake wildfire at Gun Lake, BC Wildfire Service said Tuesday.

"The combination of high fire intensity, strong winds and air mass instability resulted in the formation of a fire whirl (otherwise known as a fire tornado) over Gun Lake," fire officials said. "These fire whirls are vertically oriented, intensely rotating columns of gas and flame."

The phenomenon was formed after several days of hot, dry weather in the province were followed by a cold front and strong winds, which provided "unique conditions," officials said.

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"With this combination of conditions and fire behavior, fire intensity was more extreme during this overnight period, reaching intensities that hadn’t been seen even during the day," the wildfire service said.

The wildfires scorching in British Columbia have forced the evacuation of more than 25,000 people, with 37,000 more under alert to be ready to evacuate on short notice.

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While drenching rainfall on Wednesday helped to douse wildfires, officials warned of potential localized flooding and "debris flows" as rains hit the scorched landscape.

Since April 1, according to the province's Wildfire Service, at least 1,818 wildfires have burned about 1.61 million hectares (nearly 4 million acres) of land in the province. 

As of Thursday, there are currently 374 active fires burning across the province, according to the wildfire service’s website.

The record number of wildfires in Canada have caused choking smoke to spread across parts of the U.S.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Before Cam Newton was a Heisman Trophy winner and national champion at Auburn, he was on a Florida team that included Tim Tebow, the Pouncey twins, Aaron Hernandez, Percy Harvin and more.

The height of the Gators’ success and controversy was detailed in the latest episode of Netflix’s "Untold" documentary series called "Swamp Kings." Newton on Wednesday criticized how they treated quarterback Chris Leak, who starred for the Gators from 2003 to 2006.

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"Some of the things I did not like about the documentary was how they played Chris Leak, in my opinion," Newton said in a TikTok. "I was watching it like, they said things like, ‘We were just one quarterback away.’ Like, bro. Chris Leak was that motherf---er.

"Let’s not forget how pretty of a ball he threw. Started as a freshman in the SEC from Independence High School out of Charlotte. Like, what are we talking about? Granted, Tebow is everything and some. But bruh, let’s not try to dim the lights of Chris Leak."

Leak had 11,213 passing yards and 88 touchdown passes as a starter for the Gators. He was on the national championship team during the 2006 season.

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Newton also echoed a lot of the criticism from college football fans wanting to see more about those years under Urban Meyer. Newton specifically wondered where Harvin, Joe Haden and the Pouncey twins were.

Newton was a part of some controversy himself at Florida when he was charged over a stolen laptop. The charges were dropped after he completed a pre-trial diversion program. He later transferred to Blinn College and led the school to a NJCAA national championship.

In 2010, he played at Auburn and threw for 2,854 yards and 30 touchdown passes. He won the Heisman that year and helped Auburn to an undefeated national championship season. He would later be selected No. 1 overall in the NFL Draft.