A refuse incinerator comprising a primary combustion chamber and a secondary combustion chamber positioned above said primary combustion chamber and in communication therewith, said refuse incinerator having a constricted portion in said secondary combustion chamber provided near to said primary combustion chamber and having a peripheral wall of said primary combustion chamber which is provided with at least three nozzles for injecting at least one mixing fluid selected from the group consisting of air, water, water vapor, an inert gas and a combustion exhaust gas into said primary combustion chamber, said nozzle outlets being disposed tangentially to a phantom circle, thereby producing a swirling stream of said fluid within said primary combustion chamber.