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First detected 14 h ago · last seen 20 min ago · 50.880, -2.144
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 14 hours. It measures roughly 1.0 km across and is giving off 95 MW of heat — one of the larger fires burning in the UK right now. Smoke is drifting south-east.
Fire size
0.7 km²
about 100 football pitches
Width
1.0 km
across
Heat output
95 MW
peak 23 MW
Satellite passes
34
5 hot pixels
Roughly where
Southern England · 50.88, -2.14
Smoke
Smoke is drifting south-east, on a 9 kt wind. The modelled haze reaches over roughly 18 km² downwind. If it's heading your way, close windows and doors and bring washing and pets in.
How it's developed
First picked up by satellite
14 h ago
Wildfire detected — major, 95 MW, 5 px
14 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-CEIZ (P28A, GCEIZ) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,500 ft, 11.0 km from incident
4 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~9 min)
4 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BKCC (P28A, GBKCC) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 800 ft, 9.9 km from incident
3 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~8 min)
3 h ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-JHAC (C150, GJHAC) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 1,400 ft, 11.7 km from incident
2 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~10 min)
2 h ago
If you can see it
Call 999 and ask for the Fire service — give a what3words location or a nearby landmark. Keep upwind and don't try to tackle it yourself.
Found automatically by Arcus from NASA satellite heat detections. Size, severity and smoke direction are estimates from orbit — this is a satellite's-eye view, not confirmed by the fire service. Seen by NOAA21. Back to all UK wildfires.