The largest wildfire in Arizona's history was 33 percent contained on Friday, report said. NASA’s Landsat 5 satellite data helped the emergency managers fight the flare.

The Wallow fire began on May 29, 2011 in the Bear Wallow Wilderness area located in eastern Arizona and by June 14, the fire, combined with high winds and low humidity, charred about 487,016 acres.

The Earth-observing satellite captured images of the fire as shown below:

How NASA satellite images helped fight Arizona wildfire
This Landsat 5 satellite image of the Wallow North Fire in east central Arizona was taken on June 15, 2011 at 19:54:23 Zulu (3:54 p.m. EDT). This false-colored image uses a 7, 4, 2 band combination and shows the burn scar in red the fire ongoing in really bright red, vegetation is green, smoke is blue and bare ground is tan. NASA/USGS, Mike Taylor
How NASA satellite images helped fight Arizona wildfire
This Landsat 5 satellite image of the Horseshoe 2 Fire in southeastern Arizona was taken on June 15, 2011 at 19:54:23 Zulu (3:54 p.m. EDT). This false-colored image uses a 7, 4, 2 band combination and shows the burn scar in red the fire ongoing in really bright red, vegetation is green, smoke is blue and bare ground is tan. NASA/USGS, Mike Taylor
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