Fires in Georgia and Florida

NASA’s satellite imagery captured isolated fire incidents in Georgia and Florida. Remnants of the fires at the Okefenokee Swamp continue to burn in southern Georgia, and smaller brush fires have emerged in Central Florida due to dry weather.



The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard the Terra satellite, shows conditions on June 13, 2011 at 15:50 UTC (11:50 a.m. EDT). This image shows the smoke from two clusters of fires, depicted as red dots.



The Honey Prairie Complex fires in southern Georgia are now 80 percent contained, according to InciWeb. Florida Governor Rick Scott declared a state of emergency the night of June 13 because of the brush fires, according to CFNews 13.



NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Caption by Melissa Quijada.