Australia: Bushfires Close To Nuclear Reactor Complex (April 16-17 2018 Maps And Interactive Map Links For Updates)

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Fires as of April 16-17th. To give an idea of the map scale: Barden Ridge to Menai is approximately 3 km, meaning the fires are now very very close to the nuclear complex

Information on the two fires closest to the nuclear power station:
The one closest to the right on the zoomed in (top) map:
Latitude : -34.042
Longitude : 150.992
Date Acquired : 2018-04-16
Time: 15:30 UTC
Confidence [0-100] : 100
Satellite : A

The one at the top on the zoomed in (top) map:
Latitude : -34.040
Longitude : 150.979
Date Acquired : 2018-04-17
Time: 03:35 UTC
Confidence [0-100] : 91
Satellite : A

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Reactor location exported from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Flux_Australian_Reactor
Interactive fire maps for the world: https://earthdata.nasa.gov/earth-observation-data/near-real-time/firms/active-fire-data