The Creek Fire has burned 11,337 acres in Los Angeles. The nearby Rye Fire in Santa Clarita was mapped at 7,000 acres.
Continue readingSoCal wildfires as seen from space
This NASA satellite photo of smoke from the wildfires in Southern California was captured and edited by Pierre Markuse. His description: “Mixed natural-NIR/SWIR with enhanced contrast and saturation. California wildfires #USA 5 December 2017”.
Three large SoCal wildfires in one photo
The ABC7 helicopter crew was able to get all three large Southern California fires on one photo at 1:03 p.m. PST today. The nearest one is the 11,000-acre Creek Fire that has closed and crossed the 210 freeway near Sylmar. Next is the Rye Fire, which we have not yet written about. It has burned about 1,000 acres in Santa Clarita.
In the distance is the 45,000-acre Thomas Fire which has burned into Ventura.