Fires in USA
Fires in the USA
20 April 2007
Sweat Farm Road Fire, Georgia
According to reports from the SouthernArea Coordination Center, the Sweat Farm Road Fire in southern Georgiaexploded from 1,000 acres to more than 20,000 acres in less than 24 hoursbetween 16 and 17 April 2007. Strong winds whipped the blaze into 100-footflames, while individual trees went up like torches.
This image of the fire was captured by the Moderate Resolution ImagingSpectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Terra satellite at 11:40 a.m. EST on 17 April. The locations where MODIS detectedactively burning fires are outlined in red. A huge plume of smoke spreadssoutheast over the Georgia-Florida state line. Just oneday before, the active fire location that MODIS detected was much smaller.
TERRA
17 April 2007
The fire is about 10 miles southwest of the city of Waycross, Georgia, and ithas burned into the northeastern part of the Okefenokee Swamp. Officials havehad to close major state roads and evacuate hundreds of people. The fire wasestimated (as of April 17) to be about 5 percent contained. Weather conditionswere dry and windy, and fire management officials expected the fire to remain athreat to the city of Waycross throughout the week. The smoke spread as farsouth as Daytona Beach.
The large image provided above has a spatial resolution (level of detail) of500 meters per pixel.
(source: EarthObservatory)
