Chimney Fire (NV)
Satellite image: NASA MODIS (infrared — active fire in orange/red, from yesterday).
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- 20 Miles NW from Midas, NV
- Personnel
- 42
- Complexity
- Type 3 Incident
- Fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Behavior
- Active, Smoldering
- Jurisdiction
- BLM · Federal land
Summary in preparation.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Nevada for 2 days. So far it has affected roughly 21,000 acres — about 85 km². Crews report no containment yet, so the fire can still spread.
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
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