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1-minute GOES-18 (GOES-West) GeoColor RGB images with an overlay of NGFS Fire Detection polygons [click to play MP4 animation]<\/p><\/div>A major explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Esparto, California occurred late in the afternoon on 01 July 2025, injuring 2 with 7 people remaining unaccounted for (media report<\/strong><\/a>). The robust thermal signature of the resulting fire was detected by the Next Generation Fire System<\/strong><\/a> (NGFS), using both 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-18 (GOES-West)<\/em> images (above)<\/em><\/strong> and 5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) <\/em>images (below)<\/strong><\/em>. The initial GOES-18 NGFS detection occurred at 0049 UTC<\/strong><\/a> (5:49 PM local time), with a cursor sample<\/strong><\/a> indicating that the Fire Radiative Power value was 1816.57 MW.<\/p>\n

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5-minute GOES-19 (GOES-East) GeoColor RGB images with an overlay of NGFS Fire Detection polygons [click to play MP4 animation]<\/p><\/div>\n

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1-minute GOES-18 (GOES-West) True Color RGB images [click to play MP4 animation]<\/p><\/div>The areal extent of the smoke plume emanating from the post-explosion fire was shown in larger-scale views of CSPP GeoSphere<\/strong><\/a> True Color RGB images from GOES-18 (above)<\/strong><\/em> and GOES-19 (below)<\/strong><\/em>. GOES-18 imagery revealed that two additional explosions occurred, as indicated by small bursts of pyrocumulus clouds beginning at 0142 UTC and 0201 UTC.<\/p>\n

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5-minute GOES-19 (GOES-East) True Color RGB images [click to play MP4 animation]<\/p><\/div>Thanks to Todd Beltracci, The Aerospace Corporation, for alerting us to this event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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