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   August 5, 2022 - Large Blazes in British Columbia and Montana   
      
      Elmo Fire (Montana) & Connell Ridge Fire (Canada)   
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      On August 3, 2022, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer   
      (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite captured fires burning in   
      British Columbia, Canada and western Montana, USA.   
      
      Hot, dry weather in late spring and early summer has created conditions   
      ripe for wildfire in these areas. According to the B.C. Wildfire   
      Dashboard, on August 4 there were 62 wildfires burning in the province,   
      which was an increase of 22 fires in just the last two days. Maps show   
      that most of the British Columbia fires were concentrated in the   
      Kamloops and South East Region. The number of fires in British Columbia   
      year-to-date was reported as 536, including an increase of 156 new   
      fires in just the last 7 days. The Montana Wildfire Info website   
      enumerates 53 wildfires burning in the state on August 4, with 7 new   
      fires igniting in the last 24 hours. The total numbers of fires this   
      year was 1,007, with 82 of those new this week.   
      
      The major fires captured seen in British Columbia is the Connell Ridge   
      Fire. This fire ignited on August 1 about 15 km (9.3 mi) south of the   
      town of Cranbrook, a town in South East BC, tucked between the Kootenay   
      River and the Kootenay Rockies. Burning in difficult territory, the   
      fire has grown to about 850 hectares (2,100 acres) in just three days.   
      
      Further south, the Elmo fire was first noticed on the late afternoon of   
      July 29 burning in Elmo, Montana. Elmo is a lightly-populate,   
      census-designated place in Lake County, situated on the shore of   
      Flathead Lake on the Flathead Reservation. By the evening of August 4,   
      the fire had spread to encompass 20,616 acres (8,342 hectares). With   
      439 personnel involved, the fire has reached only 6 percent   
      containment.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Aqua   
      Date Acquired: 8/3/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (34.6 KB),  500m (126.8 KB),  250m (414.3   
      KB)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-08-05   
       
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