2012-04-22

Wildfire in Borgarfirði; 20120421

Farmers used the still weather to burn dead grass and such in Borgarfjord. This is a behavior which the fire chief in Borgarbyggð is not happy about (see interview).

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Satellite image from 14:10, Saturday 21 April 2012. (MODIS image from NASA Rapidfire).

The fire was clearly seen, as seen above, by satellites.20120421_Andakil_eldar_GEmap

The location of the fires according to satellite data is shown on the Google map above. The label for each of the 3 points shows the time stamp and Fire Radiative Power (FRP) in MW.

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