While numerous wildfires have scorched the western U.S. this week, northern Minnesota has seen its own large wildfire burning across the region—the GreenwoodFire, seen here via GOESEast yesterday. At last report, it had doubled in size. Read more:
to detect the smoke and heat signature of the blaze, which is the largest, southernmost fire in this loop., approximately 15 miles southwest of Isabella, Minn. The U.S. Forest Service said lightning caused the fire, and it quickly grew into Minnesota’s largest active wildfire. On Sunday, August 22, the wildfire was reported to have covered just under 9,000 acres and by Tuesday morning, it had grown to more than 19,500 acres.
Fire officials said it was so large and intense that the wildfire created its ownThe GOES East geostationary satellite, also known as GOES-16, keeps watch over most of North America, including the continental United States and Mexico, as well as Central and South America, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west coast of Africa. The satellite's high-resolution imagery provides optimal viewing of severe weather events, including thunderstorms, tropical storms, and hurricanes.
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