Hot, dry winds fanned the flames of widespread fires in Chile. Stoked by a summer heat wave and strong winds, widespread fires have been raging through south-central Chile since February 2, 2023. Over the course of several days, the deadly fires have destroyed more than 1,000 homes and have spread
NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired this image of the fires on February 3, 2023, using its Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer instrument.Stoked by a summer heat wave and strong winds, widespread fires have been raging through south-central Chile since February 2, 2023.
This false-color image acquired by Landsat 8’s Operational Land Imager on February 3, 2023, provides a more detailed view of the fires near Santa Juana. A more detailed view of the fires near Santa Juana can be seen in this false-color image acquired on the same day by the Operational Land Imager on Landsat 8. This false-color image combines shortwave infrared, near-infrared, and visible light to make it easier to identify the unburned vegetated areas and the recently burned landscapes . Active fires are shown in red.
The Biobío and Araucanía regions have been the hardest hit by fires in terms of affected area, where collectively more than 200,000 hectares have burned. According to Chile’s National Forestry Corporation, the country’s total burned area so far this summer—294,000 hectares as of February 7—is
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