A rare atmospheric optical event described as a “fire rainbow” is reported to have lit up skies over West Virginia. Multiple outlets note the appearance of a fire rainbow, which is an uncommon variant of rainbow-like light produced by specific interactions between sunlight and high-altitude ice crystals. Sources describe that such phenomena do not occur regularly and require a particular combination of conditions, including the presence of the right type of ice crystals in the upper atmosphere and the correct orientation relative to incoming sunlight. The reports emphasize that the event is exceptional rather than everyday weather-related activity, and they frame it as a scientific sky spectacle explained by well-known principles of light refraction and reflection in atmospheric ice. While the exact visual details are not extensively specified across the available summaries, both accounts agree on the core points: the sighting happens in West Virginia, it is identified as a fire rainbow, and it results from a rare set of atmospheric circumstances rather than a cause like smoke or fireworks.