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Fires continue to burn in southwestern Oregon on July 28, 2002. This imagew was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite, and shows active fire detections marked with red dots.
Image by Jesse Allen, based on data from MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
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Satellite-based maps show northern wildland fires becoming more frequent and widespread as temperatures rise and lightning reaches higher latitudes.
Tens of thousands of people fled to safety as blazes spread throughout the country’s Biobío and Ñuble regions.
Lightning likely ignited several large fires that sent smoke pouring over the Canadian province in early September 2025.
