Fast-growing wildfire near Nevada-California border

Name: Off-Nadir Delta
Author: Kazushi Motomura

Titles and summaries are AI-extracted from news reporting; every source is linked below. Event id 1319613916.

Where: Washoe County, NevadaSomewhere in Washoe County, Nevada — an area about 314 km across. The coordinate is that area's centre, not the event site.
When: Occurrence date not stated by reportingFirst reported 2026-08-24
Sourcing: 1 articles1 outlet carrying it · independence not establishedverification: reported
Satellite observability: observableThermal detections

What imagery could confirm

active fire front and burn scar at Washoe County, Nevada

What remains unresolved

coordinate_not_search_ready
quality_not_passed
geo_not_ready

Timeline

2026-08-24new_eventA new event has been reported.

Sources

Fast-growing wildfire near US Nevada-California border injures 6, forces 42,000 to evacuate2026-08-24

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bash

curl "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/events/1319613916/thread" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_YOUR_API_KEY"

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