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Storage facility fire near Detroit

By Scott Bachmeier •

GOES-16 Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm, top left), Near-Infrared “Snow/Ice” (1.61 µm, top right), Fire Mask (bottom left) and Near-Infrared “Cloud Particle Size” (2.24 µm, bottom right) [click to play animated GIF | MP4]

5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm), Near-Infrared “Snow/Ice” (1.61 µm), Fire Mask (a component of the GOES Fire Detection and Characterization Algorithm FDCA) and Near-Infrared “Cloud Particle Size” (2.24 µm) images (above) displayed the thermal signatures associated with a storage facility fire — which was responsible for 1 fatality and 1 injury (media report) — near Detroit shortly after sunset on 04 March 2024. The highest 3.9 µm infrared brightness temperature was 33.11ºC at 0201 UTC.

With a thin layer of mid-level clouds moving across the region, the fire signature was somewhat attenuated — so the AWIPS Color Table Ranges were adjusted to better highlight the feature: 3.9 µm image max/min values were set to 40/-30, with the 1.61 µm and 2.24 µm image max/min values set to 50/0.

Categories: Fire detection, GOES-16