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   September 16, 2022 - Battleship Mountain Complex, British Columbia   
      
      Battleship Mountain   
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      As the cooling weather of autumn approaches, the fire season in British   
      Columbia has heated up. After a summer with only moderate fire   
      activity, storms near the end of August brought little rain but plenty   
      of lightning to the mountainous region north of the city of Prince   
      George, Canada, igniting a number of wildfires in difficult and   
      forested terrain.   
      
      On September 14, 2022, the Moderate Resolution Imaging   
      Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a   
      true-color image centered on the Battleship Mountain Complex. The   
      complex contains at least 6 different fires, all ignited by lightning.   
      In this image, each red “hot spot” marks an area of actively burning   
      fire. Not all of these hot spots mark individual fires, but several   
      appear to be active fronts belonging to the largest blaze, the   
      Battleship Mountain Fire.   
      
      The largest of these, the Battleship Mountain Fire, was first detected   
      on August 30 about 50 kilometers (31 mi) west of Hudson’s Hope.   
      According to the BC Wildfire Service, as of September 15 the blaze had   
      encompassed about 29,614 hectares and was classified as “Out of   
      Control”. The east flank has approached to within 4 kilometers (2.5 mi)   
      of the W.A.C. Bennet Dam and 8 kilometers (5 km) from the District of   
      Hudson’s Hope. Increasing winds has fueled more active fire behavior,   
      and the fire has shown aggressive growth in some fronts. Crews continue   
      to aggressively work the fire, including by direct attack and by   
      through various methods to protect values and contain the fire. These   
      include building guards by hand and, where possible, with heavy   
      machinery; building containment lines around Wright Lake; and planned   
      ignitions to clear areas of fuel, which will stop fire spread.   
      
      The Municipality of Hudson’s Hope is under a State of Local Emergency   
      and an Evacuation Order. The Peace River Regional District has issued   
      an expanded Evacuation Order.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Aqua   
      Date Acquired: 9/14/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (121.6 KB),  500m (436.4 KB),  250m (1.4 MB)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-09-16   
       
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