The Bald Mountain brush fire had been burning for several days in far western Virginia — but flared up on 12 November 2025, due to ongoing moderate drought conditions and an increase in winds west of a surface trough of low pressure. 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Visible images with an overlay of the Fire Detection and Characterization Algorithm... Read More
A UPS freight plane crashed on takeoff from UPS’s home base in Louisville, Kentucky on 4 November 2025. The plane was bound for Honolulu, Hawaii, and thus had a significant quantity of fuel on board. Eyewitness videos showed a large fireball as the aircraft hit the ground in an industrial... Read More
An explosion followed by a large fire occurred at the Chevron El Segundo refinery near Los Angeles (media story) around 0430 UTC on 03 October 2025 (9:30 PM PDT on 02 October). A thermal signature of the fire was evident in 5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-18 (GOES-West) Near-Infrared and Shortwave Infrared images... Read More
Driven by a dry summer, numerous fires have been ignited in the Pacific northwest of the United States and far southwestern Canada. These fires were largely ignited by lightning from late summer storms, but continued drying in the area has both increased susceptibility to fire while also preventing rain from... Read More
