Fire Situation Around Moscow

Nevertheless, according to the satellite-based monitoring data the thermal spots are regularly detected in Shatura and Orekhovo-Zuyevo Districts, as well as in the neighbouring Vladimir and Yaroslavl Regions. On 12th July, a new fire in Yaroslavl Region was registered based on the satellite data near the town of Pereslavl-Zalessky, which smoke is transferred by the north-eastern wind towards Dmitrov.

A fire in Lyskovsky District of Nizhny Novgorov Region has also been registered. Due to heavy clouds MODIS sensors of Terra and Aqua satellites failed to detect thermal anomalies in this region, however the middle-resolution images of Landsat-5 clearly show the fire site and the smoke plume.

One may track the fire situation on the European part of Russia using SFMS operational monitoring service, which ensures a free access to daily MODIS scanner imagery results from Terra and Aqua satellites. Further assessment of burnt areas is done using detailed SPOT 4 and Landsat-5 images, which quicklooks are also available on SFMS service.

Concerned agencies, departments, organisations and private persons may get access to more resources of ScanEx Fire Monitoring Service after registration using e-mail disaster@scanex.ru (subject:"Fires").