Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 17 hours ago
NOAA satellites have been closely monitoring the Jones Road Fire, which erupted on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in a region of eastern New Jersey known as the Pine Barrens. Fueled by strong, gusty winds, low humidity, and dry undergrowth, the blaze has since grown to become one of the worst fires in the state’s history.
Learn more about the fire and how NOAA satellites are helping the firefighting efforts:
nesdis.noaa.gov/news/noaa-satellites-track-large-new-jersey-wildfire
Credits:
NOAA, NASA, and the Cooperative Institute of Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA)
Additional imagery courtesy of the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Jan Bodzak Treloar.
Music:
“Serious Matters” by Chris Doney [PRS] and Beth Perry [PRS]; Ninja Tune Production Music; Universal Production Music
NOAA satellites have been closely monitoring the Jones Road Fire, which erupted on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in a region of eastern New Jersey known as the Pine Barrens. Fueled by strong, gusty winds, low humidity, and dry undergrowth, the blaze has since grown to become one of the worst fires in the state’s history.
Learn more about the fire and how NOAA satellites are helping the firefighting efforts:
nesdis.noaa.gov/news/noaa-satellites-track-large-new-jersey-wildfire
Credits:
NOAA, NASA, and the Cooperative Institute of Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA)
Additional imagery courtesy of the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Jan Bodzak Treloar.
Music:
“Serious Matters” by Chris Doney [PRS] and Beth Perry [PRS]; Ninja Tune Production Music; Universal Production Music
