Two large fires controlled in Los Angeles suburb, USA

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 20 October 2020 at 18:34:19 UTC
Sentinel-3 SLSTR RBT acquired on 26 October 2020 at 17:44:57 UTC
Sentinel-3 SLSTR RBT acquired on 27 October 2020 at 18:20:19 UTC
Sentinel-3 SLSTR RBT acquired on 29 October 2020 at 18:07:23 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 30 October 2020 at 18:35:19 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Emergency, natural disaster, wildfire, climate change, California, United States, USA
Fig. 1 - S2 (20.10.2020) - California is still in the fire season as the hot and dry wind (Santa Anas) often blows from the east.
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Fig. 2 - S3 SLSTR (27.10.2020) - They started on 26 & 27 October in wooden areas located in the south-east suburb of Los Angeles.
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Fig. 3 - S2 (30.10.2020) - Blue Ridge fire burnt 57 km² of land within Chino hills but only 10 buildings were damaged & 1 destroyed.
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Fig. 4 - S2 (30.10.2020) - Silverado fire burnt 50 km² of land next to the city of Santa Ana damaging 9 buildings & destroying 5.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025, processed by VisioTerra.
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