The ability to pick out the hotspots of a fire puts responders "light-years ahead", said fire analyst Ethan Barrett.

The maps use NASA data to show ... Interagency Forest Fire Centre. One fast-moving blaze caused widespread destruction to Jasper, a popular alpine resort town in Alberta, and forced 25,000 people ...

NASA scientists were ... when it picked up the unnoticed fire, according to a report from Newsweek. “A scientist on board analyzed the data and was able to map out where the blaze was burning ...