Evans Road Wildfire Update
June 19, 2008
Photo Credit Jeff Schmaltz MODIS Land Rapid Response Team,NASA GSFC
Interesting photo from NASA showing a satellite’s view of the smoke from the Evans Road Wildfire in Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge as well as the much smaller wildfire burning in the Dismal Swamp.
Thick smoke from two large fires in North Carolina and Virginia traveled up the East Coast in mid-June 2008, affecting air quality in numerous cities and towns, including the nation’s capital. The Evans Road Fire had burned over 41,000 acres of the Pocosin National Wildlife Refuge as of Sunday, June 15, while the South 1 Fire in the Great Dismal Swamp had burned about 1,500 acres.
This natural-color image of Virginia and North Carolina was captured by the MODIS on NASA’s Aqua satellite on Saturday, June 14, 2008. Places where the sensor detected actively burning fires are outlined in red. Smoke billows out over the sounds that separate mainland North Carolina from the islands known as the Outer Banks.
The good news is that the fire is 70% contained and not growing the bad news is that the amount of fuel (peat) is significant so this fire will continue to smolder and burn for weeks if not months. The smoke will be a problem for air quality and for those with respiratory problems for the foreseeable future. It will take a significant soaking from a hurricane or tropical storm to fully extinguish this fire.
Story by Dan McLaughlin
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