Fires in northern California 2009 Fires in northern California 7 August 2009 This GOES-11 satellite image shows very dense smoke over northern California. Active fires in western Oregon are also producing thick smoke. IMAGE D6140: GOES-11 <> Image Type=combine <> 8/5/2009 1:30 UTC. source: www.osei.noaa.gov 24. November 2017/by GFMCadmin