March 8, 2022 - Fires in South Korea

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Fires in South Korea
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Amid dry weather and strong winds, thousands of firefighters raced to
put out fires that burned through forests in coastal South Korea in
early March 2022. In NASA satellite data, the first signs of the fires
began to appear on March 3-4, 2022, in the coastal areas of Uljin and
Samcheok. On March 5, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
(MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite captured a true-color image of
the fires. At the time, strong westerly winds sent smoke plumes
streaming toward southern Japan. By March 7, smoke had thinned some as
winds slackened and the weather turned foggy, but satellites continued
to detect fire activity.

The blazes have destroyed more than 300 homes, forced more than 7,000
people to evacuate, and charred nearly 17,000 hectares (66 square
miles), according to news reports. At times, flames neared a nuclear
power plant and gas facilities, though firefighters succeeded in
fending them off. Around 18,000 people and dozens of helicopters have
been mobilized to fight the fires.

Image Facts
Satellite: Aqua
Date Acquired: 3/5/2022
Resolutions: 1km (164.7 KB), 500m (558.1 KB), 250m (1.7 MB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-03-08

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