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<\/a>GOES-16 Near-Infrared (1.61 \u00b5m, left and 2.24 \u00b5m, center)<\/em> and Shortwave Infrared (3.9 \u00b5m, right)<\/em> images [click to play animated GIF | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>GOES-16 (GOES-East)<\/em> Near-Infrared \u201cSnow\/Ice\u201d (1.61 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>), Near-Infrared \u201cCloud Particle Size\u201d (2.24 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) and Shortwave Infrared (3.9 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images (above)<\/strong><\/em> displayed the thermal signature of a fire at the Weaver Fertilizer Plant in Winston-Salem, North Carolina (airport identifier KINT) that began around 2346 UTC or 6:46 pm EST (about an hour after sunset) on 31 January 2022. The highest 3.9 \u00b5m infrared brightness temperature was 300.64 K at 0011UTC<\/strong><\/a>, 25 minutes after the fire was first detected by GOES-16.<\/p>\n Note that a faint thermal signature of the fire (pixels exhibiting dim shades of white)<\/em> was also seen in the Near-Infrared (1.61 \u00b5m Band 5<\/strong> and 2.24 \u00b5m Band 6<\/strong>) images — this is because those two ABI<\/strong><\/a> spectral bands are located close to the peak emitted radiance of very hot features such as large fires (below)<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n