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First detected 3 days ago · last seen 38 h ago · 51.624, -3.159
Satellites have been tracking this fire for about 3 days. It measures roughly 0.0 km across and is giving off 29 MW of heat — one of the larger fires burning in the UK right now. Smoke is drifting north-west.
Fire size
1.8 km²
about 260 football pitches
Width
0.0 km
across
Heat output
29 MW
peak 19 MW
Satellite passes
412
13 hot pixels
Roughly where
Wales · 51.62, -3.16
Smoke
Smoke is drifting north-west, on a 5 kt wind. The modelled haze reaches over roughly 4 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
3 days ago
Wildfire detected — minor, 2 MW, 2 px
3 days ago
Escalated to significant — 3 MW, 4 px
3 days ago
Escalated to major — 27 MW, 8 px
3 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BIOA (H500, GBIOA) orbiting (rotary) @ 500 ft, 5.7 km from incident — possible air-attack
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~33 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BIOA (H500) orbiting (rotary) @ 450 ft, 5.4 km from incident — possible air-attack
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~43 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BIOA (H500) orbiting (rotary) @ 450 ft, 5.4 km from incident — possible air-attack
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~71 min)
2 days ago
✈ Aircraft on station: G-BUMP (P28A, GBUMP) orbiting (fixed-wing) @ 2,000 ft, 3.0 km from incident — discrete squawk
44 h ago
✈ Aircraft departed station (on station ~10 min)
44 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 Aqua. Back to all UK wildfires.