Oakland fire hot enough to be detected from space

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By by ABC7News.com staff

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- The massive Oakland blaze that destroyed a building under construction Friday morning was hot enough to be detected from space, according to a tweet from the National Weather Service.

4-Alarm fire in #Oakland hot enough to be detected on #GOES16 satellite. Estimated temp almost 900K #cawx pic.twitter.com/DgnWqeWAFD
— NWS Bay Area (@NWSBayArea) July 7, 2017

The 4-alarm fire was detected on the GOES16 satellite and had an estimated temperature of roughly 900 kelvins, which translates to roughly 1,160.33 degrees Fahrenheit.

That's hot.

Officials are still investigating the origin of the flames.

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