We can already detect fires from space, soon after they start. Here’s why we don’t yet have a nationwide system for alerting us when they do—but could someday.

A firefighting helicopter made a water drop while firefighters worked to combat the fire that devastated Lahaina, Hawaii, last month. patrick t. fallon/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
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