Much of the fuel for the fire is built up during spring rainstorms.
Today satellite image of california fires.
The vegetation then becomes dry and crunchy as hot and dry conditions persist over the summer months.
The video below shows a satellite image loop revealing the rapid expansion of several large new fires that broke out across california over the weekend including the creek fire in fresno county.
The satellite captured a stunning true color image of the wildfires across the u s.
Obscuring the surface is a blanket of smoke from california to arkansas with a haze present over the east.
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The hot dry winds that typically denote california s fire season between august and.