Assertion: fire | /r/HasProperty | small
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text: There are several reasons why MODIS or VIIRS may not have detected a certain fire: the fire may have started and ended between satellite observations; cloud cover, heavy smoke, or tree canopy may completely obscure a fire; occasionally the instruments are inoperable and can observe nothing during these times (see data outages and known issues for MODIS and VIIRS); or the fire may have been too small or too cool to be detected.