September 16, 2022 - Battleship Mountain Complex, British Columbia

Battleship Mountain
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As the cooling weather of autumn approaches, the fire season in British
Columbia has heated up. After a summer with only moderate fire
activity, storms near the end of August brought little rain but plenty
of lightning to the mountainous region north of the city of Prince
George, Canada, igniting a number of wildfires in difficult and
forested terrain.

On September 14, 2022, the Moderate Resolution Imaging
Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a
true-color image centered on the Battleship Mountain Complex. The
complex contains at least 6 different fires, all ignited by lightning.
In this image, each red “hot spot” marks an area of actively burning
fire. Not all of these hot spots mark individual fires, but several
appear to be active fronts belonging to the largest blaze, the
Battleship Mountain Fire.

The largest of these, the Battleship Mountain Fire, was first detected
on August 30 about 50 kilometers (31 mi) west of Hudson’s Hope.
According to the BC Wildfire Service, as of September 15 the blaze had
encompassed about 29,614 hectares and was classified as “Out of
Control”. The east flank has approached to within 4 kilometers (2.5 mi)
of the W.A.C. Bennet Dam and 8 kilometers (5 km) from the District of
Hudson’s Hope. Increasing winds has fueled more active fire behavior,
and the fire has shown aggressive growth in some fronts. Crews continue
to aggressively work the fire, including by direct attack and by
through various methods to protect values and contain the fire. These
include building guards by hand and, where possible, with heavy
machinery; building containment lines around Wright Lake; and planned
ignitions to clear areas of fuel, which will stop fire spread.

The Municipality of Hudson’s Hope is under a State of Local Emergency
and an Evacuation Order. The Peace River Regional District has issued
an expanded Evacuation Order.

Image Facts
Satellite: Aqua
Date Acquired: 9/14/2022
Resolutions: 1km (121.6 KB), 500m (436.4 KB), 250m (1.4 MB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-09-16

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