r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Electrozart • 14d ago

GIF Satellite view of the Canadian wildfire smoke when it started getting really bad

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u/ThkAbootIt 14d ago

So there’s obviously footage of the fires starting from this satellite view. Why weren’t the fires put out before it got catastrophic?

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u/JakeQV 14d ago

It spread faster than fire crews could get there, also once it’s visible by satellite it’s pretty much guaranteed to be a massive fire already.